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In Disguise
What is the procedure for changing a single Windows 2000 AD Server's
Domain Name and ensuring the workstations can still login?
Thank you.
Domain Name and ensuring the workstations can still login?
Thank you.
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In Disguise
Oh, single-server network. Workstations are a mix of W2k, and XP.
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Andrew Story
You can't.
In Disguise said:Oh, single-server network. Workstations are a mix of W2k, and XP.
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In Disguise
Totally impossible? No hacks? No third-party tools? No re-install AD?
Nothing?
Nothing?
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Andrew Story
If you uninstalled AD (as in removed AD totaly from all DC's and begun from
scratch) you could create a new forest with a domain name of your choice,
but also you would loose everything from the original forest (unless you
migrated it to a new forest using ADMT)
scratch) you could create a new forest with a domain name of your choice,
but also you would loose everything from the original forest (unless you
migrated it to a new forest using ADMT)
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In Disguise
As posted earlier, it's a single-server network.
Andrew said:If you uninstalled AD (as in removed AD totaly from all DC's and begun from
scratch) you could create a new forest with a domain name of your choice,
but also you would loose everything from the original forest (unless you
migrated it to a new forest using ADMT)
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Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP]
in w2k ad it is not possible to rename the domain name.
there are 2 possibilities though!
(1) demote the DC, promote the DC using a new domain name. everything
(users, groups, computers, permissions, access to resources) is lost
(2) create a new parallel forest/domain with the new name and migrate
everything (users, groups, computers, permissions, access to resources) from
the old domain to the new domain. For this to work both the DNS domain name
and the NetBIOS domain name must be different between old and new!
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Cheers,
(HOPEFULLY THIS INFORMATION HELPS YOU!)
# Jorge de Almeida Pinto # MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
BLOG --> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/default.aspx
there are 2 possibilities though!
(1) demote the DC, promote the DC using a new domain name. everything
(users, groups, computers, permissions, access to resources) is lost
(2) create a new parallel forest/domain with the new name and migrate
everything (users, groups, computers, permissions, access to resources) from
the old domain to the new domain. For this to work both the DNS domain name
and the NetBIOS domain name must be different between old and new!
--
Cheers,
(HOPEFULLY THIS INFORMATION HELPS YOU!)
# Jorge de Almeida Pinto # MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
BLOG --> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/default.aspx
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In Disguise
Interesting. No way of "backup/restore as new" or anything like that, eh?
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Andrew Story
You could upgrade the DC to Windows 2003 (I think - maybe wrong).
The newer OS has a domain rename tool I believe that allows you to rename
your AD domain. It also looks a bit scarey tbh.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/winsrvr/domainrename.mspx maybe
worth a read.
The newer OS has a domain rename tool I believe that allows you to rename
your AD domain. It also looks a bit scarey tbh.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/winsrvr/domainrename.mspx maybe
worth a read.
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Moving to W2k3 isn't an option, but thanks for the tip.
I'll check the documentation.
I'll check the documentation.
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In Disguise
The docs point to W2k3.
Thanks anyway.
Thanks anyway.
Andrew said:You could upgrade the DC to Windows 2003 (I think - maybe wrong).
The newer OS has a domain rename tool I believe that allows you to rename
your AD domain. It also looks a bit scarey tbh.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/winsrvr/domainrename.mspx maybe
worth a read.
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Brian Desmond [MVP]
Right. To reiterate unless you upgrade to 2003 (why can't you?), you either
a) scrap the current AD and everything in it or b) stand up a new forest
with the new name and ADMT everything over (not terribly difficult
actually).
--
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
a) scrap the current AD and everything in it or b) stand up a new forest
with the new name and ADMT everything over (not terribly difficult
actually).
--
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
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In Disguise
If they move from W2k, they're insistent on going with NetWare instead.
Windows is an inherited server and they're not happy with it at all.
This is just one more reason for them to change (according to them).
Windows is an inherited server and they're not happy with it at all.
This is just one more reason for them to change (according to them).
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Since I'm screwed here, is there any way to export settings for
documentation purposes so that I can more easily re-create them when I
re-install AD?
Thanks!
documentation purposes so that I can more easily re-create them when I
re-install AD?
Thanks!
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