ADPrep command

[Gurvinder nijjar]

We will be upgrading our windows 2000 network to windows 2003. I will be
doing the adprep command this weekend, where I use the adprep /forestprep
and adprep /domainprep.

I will be doing the adprep /forestprep command on the schema master first,
but my question is that is it best to isolate the schema master from the
domain. I have been reading doc that you can disable outbound replications
by :

REPADMIN /OPTIONS Servername.DOMAIN.COM +DISABLE_OUTBOUND_REPL

Then once forest prep is successful, I enable outbound replication again by



REPADMIN /OPTIONS Servername.DOMAIN.COM -DISABLE_OUTBOUND_REPL

Then do the same again to the infrastructure master.

Is it any problems disabling and enabling replication, does the replication
work when you enable it again.

Also is it worth doing this, as the schema update should work most of times.
If you can let me know.

 

[Danny Sanders]

Easiest is just unplug the NIC for the update.

Also is it worth doing this, as the schema update should work most of
times. If you can let me know.

It's pretty painless. I've never had any problems. I frequent these news
groups regularly and I don't ever remember anyone posting about a schema
update gone bad.

You might try searching the MS help and support for KB "schema updates" and
see what errors they have and how they got around them.


hth
DDS