Re: SBS2000 Removal with DCPROMO
From: Joe Camel (joe_at_camel.com)
Date: 08/15/04
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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:07:59 -0600
Just posting a follow up to this. You can in fact successfully dcpromo an
SBS 2000 Server out of a domain, enabling you to retire it. This was tested
and verified. The client is now running in Native 2003 AD, non-SBS.
"Joe" <joe@camel.com> wrote in message
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> Client of mine has SBS2000 running. The decided to move off this platform
> and installed a new W2k3 server as a second DC to this SBS server. Adprep
> ran ok and the dc installed ok.
>
> They now are ready to remove the SBS2000 server, and have already moved
> all 5 roles to the new server. My thought is to run DCPROMO on the
> SBS2000 server to fully remove it from the AD, and turn all control over
> to the new W2k3 server.
>
> Will this work? I called MS Support and they said it should, but that
> makes me nervous. We will make a backup of the system state and give it a
> shot I guess. If this doesn't work, then I suppose the only thing to do
> is run ADMT from the SBS2000 domain to a new domain.
>
> I've seen plenty of posts and article about dcpromo and roles and what you
> can and can't do with SBS, but no definitive statement saying you can run
> dcpromo on a sbs server to remove it from a domain which is now contained
> on a w2k or w2k3 server.
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> -Mike
>
>
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