rileymartin
Sat Mar 29 09:56:01 PDT 2008
How should I handle the sites and subnets in AD Sites and Services? Do I
just create new subnets for the given site, re-address the servers in that
site, and when they've come up and are communicating fine delete the old
subnets? Thanks.
"Meinolf Weber" wrote:
> Hello rileymartin,
>
> I would do it this way, i assume that you do it after work hours and all
> clients will be shutdown:
>
> -Start with the router in your site and main office if needed and reestablish
> the connection with the main office if needed, ofcourse all machines will
> loose connection to main office
> -for DHCP delete the old scope, reconfigure the DNS server, reboot it, check
> the DNS management console for the correct ip and try to reach the main office.
> Also check with dcdiag, netdiag and replmon or repadmin the DC and its replication
> to main office
> -for testing configure one client with fixed ip and check logon to domain
> and reaching the main office
> -then go on with the exchange, reboot and check connectivity between DNS
> server in the site and main office, maybe you have to reconfigure the MX
> record, if created for the old ip.
> -use the client to open mailbox and send testmail to main office and over
> internet, if available
> -then reconfigure the member servers in the site and test also internal connectivity
> and to main office
> -at the end create a new scope with the needed settings and change the test
> client to DHCP and check again all kind of connectivity you need, Mail, mappings,
> etc.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
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> > Thank you for the help!
> >
> > Each site has its own DC/DNS/GLOBAL CATALOG/DHCP and Exchange v2003
> > server. All the clients are DHCP. The sites are connected by routers
> > in a hub/spoke topology, all comming back to the central corporate
> > location.
> >
> > "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello rileymartin,
> >>
> >> How are the sites connected, via VPN or routers? Do you have DNS
> >> servers in the site? Use the clients DHCP or fixed addresses?
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Meinolf Weber
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> >> confers
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> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> We have to re-address some of our sites and I was hoping someone
> >>> could point out what needs to be done when not just re-addressing
> >>> servers but entire AD sites. Thanks in advance for any help.
> >>>
> >>> Riley
> >>>
>
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