DanDeCoursey
Wed Jun 18 05:55:01 PDT 2008
Hello Meinhoff,
The old serve is our current DC and the new once is intended to be the new
DC it is not an exchange server I might leave this old server online
just to replicate to since we only ever had the one server i never ahd any
replication going on
"Meinolf Weber" wrote:
> Hello Dan,
>
> !!!NEVER START BEFORE HAVING CREATED A BACKUP OF YOU DATA/MACHINE!!!
>
> One question first:
> Is the old server also Exchange server and will it be taken out of the domain
>
> forever, when the new server is running?
>
> - On the old server open DNS management console and check that you are running
> Active directory integrated zone (easier for replication, if you have more
> then one DNS server)
>
> - run replmon, dcdiag and netdiag on the old machine to check for errors,
> if you have some post the complete output from the command here or solve
> them first
>
> - run adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep from the 2003 installation
> disk against the 2000 server, with an account that is member of the Schema
> admins, to upgrade the schema to the new version 30 and secondly from the
> second disk if it is R2 to version 31.
>
> - Install the new machine as a member server in your existing domain
>
> - configure a fixed ip and set the preferred DNS server to the old DNS server
> only
>
> - run dcpromo and follow the wizard to add the 2003 server to an existing
> domain
>
> - if you are prompted for DNS configuration choose Yes (also possible that
> no DNS preparation occur), then install DNS after the reboot
>
> - for DNS give the server time for replication, at least 15 minutes. Because
> you use Active directory integrated zones it will automatically replicate
> the zones to the new server. Open DNS management console to check that they
> appear
>
> - if the new machine is domain controller and DNS server run again replmon,
> dcdiag and netdiag on both domain controllers
>
> - if you have no errors, make the new server GLobal catalog server, open
> Active directory Sites and Services and then double-click sitename, double-click
> Servers, click your domain controller, right-click NTDS Settings, and then
> click Properties, on the General tab, click to select the Global catalog
> check box (
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313994)
>
> - Transfer, NOT seize the 5 FSMO roles to the new Domain controller (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801)
>
> - you can see in the event viewer (Directrory service) that the roles are
> transferred, also give it some time
>
> - reconfigure the DNS configuration on your NIC of the 2003 server, preferred
> DNS itself, secondary the old one
>
> - if you use DHCP do not forget to reconfigure the scope settings to point
> to the new installed DNS server
>
> - export and import of DHCP database (if needed)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325473
>
>
> Demoting if needed (But you should always have 2 DC's for redundancy and
> failover reason)
>
> - reconfigure your clients/servers that they not longer point to the old
> DC/DNS server on the NIC
>
> - to be sure that everything runs fine, disconnect the old DC from the network
> and check with clients and servers the connectivity, logon and also with
> one client a restart to see that everything is ok
>
> - then run dcpromo to demote the old DC, if it works fine the machine will
> move from the DC's OU to the computers container, where you can delete it
> by hand. Can be that you got an error during demoting at the beginning, then
> uncheck the Global catalog on that DC and try again
>
> - check the DNS management console, that all entries from the machine are
> disappeared or delete them by hand if the machine is off the network for ever
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I am getting a new server intended to replace my existing Windows 2000
> > server
> >
> > I need to verfiy the process aof adding this new server 2003 and what
> > needs tobe done to get my active directory onto this new server
> >
> > appreciate any help
> >
>
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