RE: DNS Question on NT4 to AD upgrade

Who said you had to upgrade the current PDC :-)?

Do the following

Install a new BDC in your NT environment on your new server. Promote it to
become the PDC> then upgrade it the windows 2003 active directory.

Secondly do you really need WINS? You only require it if you have downlevel
clients from windows NT > Win 9x. DHCP should upgrade easily but you have to
upgrade to win 2k then win 2k3 if your going the WIN 2k3 route. But as a
precaution back up the databases of WINS and DHCP, and the registry keys and
values for both services.
HKLM\System\currentcontrolset\services\wins and dhcp respectively.

Regards
Stephen



"Mark Woods" wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have a question on the best way to get DNS up and running for a Windows
> NT domain to Active Directory upgrade.
>
> The current NT domain is running on a PDC/BDC pair of servers, and I'm to
> replace the PDC with a newer server. This PDC is already running DHCP
> and WINS. I've got a server being delivered that is coming with Windows
> 2000, and will be rotated in during the upgrade to replace the PDC after
> the upgrade, but I need to upgrade the NT domain to AD before shifting
> the root to the new server.
>
> The question is... What is the recommended, and easiest, way to upgrade
> the DHCP, the WINS and add DNS during the upgrade? Should I leave the
> DHCP and WINS on the current server, upgrade it to AD, then move the
> upgraded DHCP, WINS and AD-integrated DNS to the new server after
> DCPROMO'ing it...or should I move the DHCP and WINS to the new server,
> install DNS and configure it as a standard primary zone on the 2000 box,
> upgrade the NT box to AD and have it use the DNS for the upgrade, then
> make the new server the root and update the DNS to AD-integrated?
>
> I know I have to move the FSMO roles and GC from the upgraded PDC to the
> new 2000 server in order to decommission the old server, but want to make
> the upgrade as painless as possible.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ----------
>
> Mark L. Woods
> Saint Louis, MO USA
>
.

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