Re: Closing a DC

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From: Guillaume Genest (Guillaume.Genest_at_qc.teknion.com)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:15:10 -0800

Hi,
    Thanks, i already had check that and my licensing are
on other dc.

i will try what Ryan Hanisco propose me....

thanks!

>-----Original Message-----
>If you are running Terminal Services be sure to check
where your licensing
>server is as well.
>
>--
>
>Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>
>"Ryan Hanisco" <rhanisco@flagshipis.com> wrote in message
>news:u6EeN16EFHA.1564@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Guillaume,
>>
>> Your message is a bit unclear, but it appears that you
have a server that
>> used to be your NT4 server that was updated as the
first 2000 DC. You
>plan
>> to decommission it and have verified that all of the
roles have been
>> transferred off.
>>
>> I would suggest the following...
>> 1. Make sure that DNS, WINS, and DHCP are off of the
server.
>> 2. Shut the server down for a full week to see the
effects of it being
>gone.
>> (Don't let it go much longer than that, though. You
don't want to run
>into
>> tombstone problems -- usually at 60 days)
>> 3. Bring the server back online and allow it to
replicate back to the
>> current version of the directory.
>> 4. Use DCPROMO to demote the server back to a member.
>> 5. Retire the server.
>>
>> --
>> Ryan Hanisco
>> MCSE, MCDBA
>> FlagShip Integration Services
>>
>> "Guillaume Genest" <Guillaume.Genest@qc.teknion.com>
wrote in message
>> news:1cd801c513a9$3bc2f380$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> > Hi,
>> > I wanted to close a DC we have on our Win 2000
Active
>> > directory domain. It was the PC that was installed
with
>> > NT4 and use to do the DCPromo between NT4 Domain and
2000
>> > Domain.
>> >
>> > I used this article to be sure all Role are on other
DC.
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255690/en-us
>> >
>> > I identify who have the RID, PDC, Infrastructure,
Domain
>> > Naming Master and Schema Master and no role are on
the DC
>> > i wish to close.
>> >
>> > So all i have to do is to remove it from the domain
and
>> > close it? Is there any other things i should check
first?
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

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