one of two dc's crashed

[Guest]

in my domain of two dc's one crashed last night (2000 server). On the dc that
is still standing I can see the old dc listed. I have no plans to bring the
old dc back, however I plan to use a different member server and promote that
to a dc. Am I going to come across problems leaving the crashed dc listed.
The domain seems to be working if a little slow!

 

[myweb]

Hello Andy,

You didn't have any backup solution for your lost DC to bring it back?
If you really want to build up a new one first check if the existing DC has
all 5 FSMO rules and is a GC server. Even it must have installed a running
DNS. The NIC must point to the running DNS server.Also check before you start
with the promotion from the new server that it has a fixed ip address and
is also pointing to the running DNS server for a good replication of your AD.

AND MOST IMPORTANT: CREATE A BACKUP OR IMAGE OF YOUR RUNNING DC BEFORE!!!!!!!

Best regards

myweb
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[Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]]

You will need to clean up the old dc's metadata, otherwise it will haunt
you.
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=216498

Make sure that you have all the fsmo roles residing on your existing dc. To
find out run netdom query fsmo on your existing dc, if all 5 roles don;t
exist on the new dc then seize the roles.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255504

I would assume that the existing dc must be a GC otherwise your users
wouldn't be able to logon.

How about DNS? Do your clients point to the old DC for dns services? If so
you will have to visit them and remove this entry. Same for WINS.


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Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
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