Min AD Requirements

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From: Joe Bushee (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:39:07 -0700

I'm setting up our DR site, and want to test some
restores, using a seperate hub to create a mini domain to
do some application testing.

I'm testing one application server which is a DC and our
Exchange server which is a Global Catalog server and also
a DC, but not our DC01 (currently holding the 5 FSMO
roles).

If I just seize the 5 FSMO roles on the DR DC, will there
be enough AD there for the mini-domain to function?

Thanx
Joe

Relevant Pages

  • Re: FSMO role issues after demoting and re-promoting server
    ... Once you seize a role ... >> Was in the middle of a migration from a Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 Server ... >> Windows 2000 Server online afterwards as a backup Domain Controller, ... >> by not transferring the FSMO roles off the server before demoting it. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: Event ID 2091 NTDS Replication warnings
    ... You may have to do a metadata cleanup using ntdsutil to rid your AD of the ... > RID Master FSMO roles. ... The below event log entry appears on both my DCs ... The referenced server in the ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: Help needed installing SBS 2003 on a 2000 domain
    ... Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support ... This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. ... It said that the server ... | did not hold all the FSMO roles. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: FSMO issues
    ... Start with a backup of all important user DATA from all machines, including exchange databases. ... If you have seized FSMO roles, NEVER connect the old FSMO machine back to the domain. ... If everything is fine you can REINSTALL from scratch the 2003 machine and add it as an additional DC to the domain, make it DNS server and Global catalog server. ... The new domain controller is running windows server 2003. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory)
  • Re: primary domain controller is down
    ... it tells delete a server (this can be a server ... FSMO roles are being seized. ... and the Infrastructure master roles are being transferred. ... Type "seize role", where role is the role that you want to seize. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)