Promoting win2k to dc

[Wlodek Czeczot]

I have a question. Currently running a windows 2000
network with one server setup as active directory
controller. It runs DNS, DHCP and WINS also. I want to
promote another win2k server to be a backup controller.
Here comes the question. Is it wise to have DNS, DHCP and
WINS on second server, if yes what is an order of
installing, promoting. Just run dcpromo and select them
or else? Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

Wlodek Czeczot

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

Yes duplicate DNS and WINS server. DHCP can be only one server (simply put).
Just run dcpromo on your server and install AD, next install DNS server.
Make your DNS zones AD integrated as they will replicate with AD (you do
this on DNS zone properties). For WINS server you will have to create
Push/pull replication. After that you have to point your clients/servers to
use this additional DNS and WINS server.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
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http://ladava.com

 

[Guest]

Wlodek,

No particular order required AFAIK, although I would
personally do the DCPROMO before installing DNS. This way,
when you install DNS on the new DC, it will automatically
pick up the AD-integrated zones. (This is just the way I
have always done it - no real reason it shouldn't work
another way).

Good luck!

Barnski.

 

[Chriss3]

Hello Wlodek Czeczot!

You can keep the other services running (DNS, DHCP and WINS) At Promote AD
may config a Active Directory integrated zone for your domain in DNS
Services. You can also have more than one DNS,DHCP, WINS in an domain, i
recommend to have a DNS at each DC with a Active Directory Integrated Zone.

Take a look at the follow MSKB:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;238369

//Christoffer Andersson

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

To expand on what Matjaz has added, I would suggest that if you are gung-ho
for some sort of redundancy with DHCP then you incorporate the 80/20 rule
( or maybe some other relationship? ). That is to say, on both of the DCs
that would run DHCP Services you could add the range of 192.168.1.10 -
192.168.1.250 -BUT- you would have to add an 'excluded range' on both DHCP
Server so that there is not one single IP Address that could possibly be
available on both DHCP Servers. So, for example, on DC01 you could have an
excluded range of, say, 192.168.1.210 - 192.168.1.250 and on DC02 you would
have an excluded range of 192.168.1.10 -192.168.1.209.

Just an idea.

HTH,

Cary