Re: OOps...Server Name Space and Domain name problem after Upgrade
- From: "Cary Shultz" <cwshultz@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:10:57 -0400
Opps, should have mentioned that this changes the NetBIOS name. What you
want to change something else. You can not do that in WIN2000. You can in
WIN2003 - but it is not a task to be taken lightly.
I am not sure why you think that you need to change the name from
'yourdomain.com' to 'yourdomain.local'. This really should not have that
much to do with your problem.
I would look more at some sort of DNS solution. Ace can probably help you
there. I think that something like DynDNS - not sure if that is the correct
name - would help. Or, you could get a static IP Address.
--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)
"Cary Shultz" <cwshultz@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e9o8pBrzFHA.3408@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Joe,
>
> Sorry for the delayed response.
>
> I understood that you are not hosting your e-mail yourself. I was just
> pointing out that *were* you running Exchange 2000 that it would be very
> difficult, if not impossible. Just a general piece of information to
> keep in the back of your head.
>
> As for changing the domain name.....gonna be tough. If you are in Native
> Mode then it will not be possible. If you are in Mixed Mode it might be
> possible. There should be a lot of information on how to do this in this
> newsgroup.
>
> Now, what is Native Mode and what is Mixed Mode? I might google this or
> look in this news group. There is a ton of information on that subject.
> Essentially, it all comes down to having a WINNT 4.0 BDC in your WIN2000
> AD environment. In Native Mode this will not work but in Mixed Mode it
> will. To clarify something that causes confusion: the 'Mode' applies only
> to Domain Controllers; not member servers, not workstations, not nothing!
> In Native Mode there are a few other things ( such as Universal Security
> Groups and Group Nesting... ).
>
> --
> Cary W. Shultz
> Roanoke, VA 24012
>
> http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
> (soon to be updated!!!)
> http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
> (soon to be updated!!!)
>
>
>
> "JoeF" <JoeF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:68285BDC-88A9-4BF4-92AF-5AC29841AAA2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> We are not running Exchange Server at all. Our mail server is hosted by
>> an
>> Outside company named BigBuzz. Our OutLook clients contact
>> mail.ntdomain.com
>> for incoming and outgoing POP and SMTP servers. Being that our Active
>> Directory domain is the same ntdomain.com, the DNS server is looking
>> internally for mail.ntdomain.com. To get around this scenario, I ping'd
>> mail.ntdomain.com from a host outside our network and got its current IP
>> address. I inserted this IP address within our own DNS server for
>> mail.ntdomain.com. When BigBuzz changes its mail server IP addresses,
>> everyone's email fails(Can't find server) until I update our DNS server
>> with
>> mail.ntdomain.com's new IP address.
>>
>> I think I need to change the Active Directory namespace and domain, but
>> don't know how in Windows 2000. It is the only server on the network.
>> (Native
>> mode?)
>> The internal domain should have been ntdomain.local.
>>
>> -Joe
>>
>> "Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>> Joe,
>>>
>>> Maybe I am not seeing something here. So, please excuse me if I am.
>>>
>>> To answer your first question, you can sorta rename a WIN2000 Domain. I
>>> say
>>> 'sorta' because if you are in Native Mode there is not a way to do it;
>>> if
>>> you are in Mixed Mode there is a way to do it ( but a bit involved ).
>>> And
>>> if you have Exchange 2000 then you can not.
>>>
>>> Please look at the following link:
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=292541
>>>
>>> Now, if you wanted to upgrade to WIN2003 Active Directory ( and if you
>>> upgrade Exchange to Exchange 2003 SP1 ) then you could use the rendom
>>> utility.
>>>
>>> However, I am not so sure that this is really the problem. When the IP
>>> Address changes you are going to have to 'change' with it....
>>>
>>> Or am I missing something?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cary W. Shultz
>>> Roanoke, VA 24012
>>>
>>> WIN2000 Active Directory MVP
>>> http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
>>> (soon to be updated!!!)
>>> http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
>>> (soon to be updated!!!)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "JoeF" <JoeF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:8BF1E582-FD6F-468A-B672-14BC08B00FB8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >I recently ran an NT4.0 to Windows 2000 server upgrade. I'm pretty sure
>>> >I
>>> > made the mistake of renaming the old domain name "NTDOMAIN" to
>>> > "NTDOMAIN.com"
>>> > with the Active Directory Namespace. This server is now a DNS server
>>> > which
>>> > forwards outside addresses to an external DNS server however; we have
>>> > already
>>> > registered "NTDOMAIN.com" as a public entry. Everything works fine
>>> > until
>>> > our
>>> > hosted mail server "mail.NTDOMAIN.com" changes it's IP address.
>>> > (Happened
>>> > 3x
>>> > in 2 months) I have to manually update the 'mail' host IP address on
>>> > our
>>> > internal DNS server. Everyone thinks it's the outside hosted Email
>>> > server
>>> > that's down until I make this change. - They'll catch on soon
>>> > enough...
>>> >
>>> > I think I need to rename "NTDOMAIN.com to NTDOMAIN.local" but I'm not
>>> > sure
>>> > if this can be done in Windows 2000 server. Does anyone have any
>>> > suggestions?
>>> > Any help is strongly apprciated. There are only 6-7 hosts on the
>>> > network.
>>> >
>>> > Sincerely,
>>> >
>>> > JoeF
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
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