Domain Controller

[Chris]

Hi

I add a new domain controller to the main domain
controller, but how can I let the new one be the main
domain, I stard dcpromo.exe, but when I shut down the
first domain controller I wasn't able to run the AD on
the new Domain controller

do I have to make somathing special

thanks

Chris

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hi

I add a new domain controller to the main domain
controller, but how can I let the new one be the main
domain, I stard dcpromo.exe, but when I shut down the
first domain controller I wasn't able to run the AD on
the new Domain controller

do I have to make somathing special

thanks

Chris

You need to transfer the roles.
See tip 2728 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Simon Geary]

So you have one domain controller and you want to replace it with a second
DC and remove the first one from the network?

Make sure that the second DC is a Global Catalogue server.
It should also host any networking services like DNS, WINS, DHCP etc. that
might have existed on the first DC. If your clients were using the first DC
as a DNS server you will have to configure the clients accordingly to use
the new server.
Transfer all FSMO roles to the second server before shutting down the first
one.
When you are ready to remove the first DC from the network, don't just shut
it down. Before you do this you must dcpromo it down to a member server,
then you can turn it off.