Re: DC Disaster recovery

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Cary,
If I run dcpromo on DC2 to demote it and then run again to promote it what
are the possible issues once this is the RID and Infrastructure master? I
can't transfer the roles because it is out of the network now. Even if I
connect it I can't transfer because it says "the current DC is the
operations master. To transfer the OM role to another computer, you must
first connect to it". But this message appears from either DC1 or DC2. So I
can't transfer anything from any DC.

Any suggestions?

Thank you
Joao Paulo


"Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" <cwshultz@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23yzzAXRUFHA.3544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Joao,
>
> I might have simply installed WIN2000, ran dcpromo on it and let it
receive
> everything from the existing WIN2000 Domain Controller. This would have
> been the wiser choice. But hindsight is 20/20! ;-)
>
> Are you stating that the 'new' DC did not replicate with the existing
Domain
> Controller? Did you give it a minute ( or 15 )? What did you see to give
> you the impression that you needed to go into Active Directory Restore
Mode?
>
> If the crashed DC was not properly removed from Active Directory then you
> would have needed to do a Metadata Cleanup. Did you do this? I am
assuming
> not!
>
> And using the same name as the crashed DC will give you problems -
usually.
> But I think that you are seeing this right now.
>
> I might run dcpromo on the 'new' Domain Controller ( if that works - if
not
> try the /forceremoval switch ) and then do a metadata cleanup. Make sure
> that 'DC02' is completely gone. You will need to make sure that there are
> no references to 'DC02' in DNS and use ADSIEdit to get rid of all
> references. You might also have to go into Active Directory Sites and
> Services and make sure that the object is no longer there.
>
> --
> Cary W. Shultz
> Roanoke, VA 24012
> Microsoft Active Directory MVP
>
> http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
> http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
>
>
>
> "Joao Paulo" <jrpetrasso@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uW08XnQUFHA.1944@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have 2 Windows 2000 DCs and the disk of one of them crashed. My backup
> > is
> > 4 days old. I swaped the disk and installed a fresh copy of Windows 2000
+
> > Backup Exec Remote agent + renamed the server with the same name as
> > before.
> > I then restarted in Active Directory Restore Mode and run the System
State
> > and C:\ restore.
> >
> > After the restore I could not logon using my domain adminsitrator
account
> > nor could I synchronize the running server with it.
> >
> > Is there another tricky way to restore Windows 2000? Wasn't it supposed
to
> > receive the updates from the running server after the restore?
> >
> > Hope somebody have a clue.
> >
> > Thank you
> > John
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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