moving DC to another site

[frank brown]

I need to physically move a DC from one site to another. This native mode
W2K domain has 2 DCs, dudedc1 and dudedc2. The FSMO roles are like this:

D:\servers>netdom query fsmo /Domain:bogus
Schema owner abdc01.joy.local
Domain role owner abdc03.joy.local
PDC role dudedc1.bogus.pond.joy.local
RID pool manager dudedc2.bogus.pond.joy.local
Infrastructure owner dudedc2.bogus.pond.joy.local

My plan is to move the PDC role from dudedc1 to dudedc2, power off dudedc1,
move him to another site, reboot, and move the PDC role back to dudedc1.

Any problem with this plan? Can the PDC role coexist with RID and
Infrastructure roles on the same DC?

-Frank Brown
Seattle Fire Dept.
http://www.inwa.net/~frog/

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

Just make sure, that you update your site configuration after you make the
move. PDC and RID and IM can coexist on the same server. IM must not be on
GC in multi-dimain configuration.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com

 

[TDENNIS]

I think that I want to do the same thing but I don't
understand some of the acronyms that were used.

 

[Benoit Boudeville [Exchange MVP]]

YES

the PDC emulator MUST sit on the same DC that is Infrastructure Master and RID
manager

the forest-wide roles (Schema + DNM) MUST sit on the same DC, this last being
ideally also a GC.

think about transfering the Domain Naming Master to abcd01 or the Schema Master
to abcd03