2000 Ad Server as a PDC only

[Dave Weller]

Hi,

How can I disable completly the active directory system of my Windows 2000
Advanced server.

Evertything is much slower ince I trade my P3-500 NT 4.0 for a P4-2.6 with
advanced server !!!

thanks

 

[Walter Schulz]

How can I disable completly the active directory system of my Windows 2000

Advanced server.

You can transfer the FSMOs to other DCs or use DCPROMO to remove AD
completely. Removing AD will change your server to standalone mode,
disabling *all* domain features.

Evertything is much slower ince I trade my P3-500 NT 4.0 for a P4-2.6 with
advanced server !!!

Maybe you should detect your bottlenecks first: Network, disk
subsystem ...


Ciao, Walter

 

[Dave Weller]

we only have one DC ... And there is no bottle neck.

And btw , how can I configure DC as a DNS server when all my workstations
are using the DNS of my ISP ???

tx

 

[Walter Schulz]

we only have one DC ... And there is no bottle neck.

Really? How do you know?

And btw , how can I configure DC as a DNS server when all my workstations
are using the DNS of my ISP ???

And here we go ... I think you have never been told that AD is deeply
coupled to DNS. Every AD client will make a DNS lookup to ask for the
GC server of this very domain and request further information from
this GC (using LDAP).
If DNS is misconfigured your clients will cause additional network
traffic (over your ISP line ...) and some misbehaving ... for example
sluggish drive mappings.

Do you have DHCP active in your network and how many clients do you
have?

Ciao, Walter

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

Well the fact that you just asked this DNS question probably is the reason why everything is so slow. W2K is critically
depenedent on DNS. Unless your ISP supports dynamic zones and allows YOU to update them with your DC then you will have
issues or have to repoint your clients at your own internal DNS and let it forward requests out to the ISP as necessary.

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Hi Dave,

You need to configure your DC as a DNS server and set it up to forward to
your ISP's DNS server. Your DC and your clients should point to your DC/DNS
server for host name resolution.

Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Dave Weller]

thanks a lot for your time

Well the fact that you just asked this DNS question probably is the reason

why everything is so slow. W2K is critically

depenedent on DNS. Unless your ISP supports dynamic zones and allows YOU

to update them with your DC then you will have

issues or have to repoint your clients at your own internal DNS and let it

forward requests out to the ISP as necessary.