Re: Is DCPromo to demote a lengthy process?

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"Herb Martin" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Hank Arnold" <rasilon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I would:
>>
>> 1) stop the NETLOGON process
>> 2) wait a day or two
>> 3) shut the server down
>> 4) wait a day or two
>> 5) power up the machine and DCPROMO it to a member
>>
>> Being the anal administrator I am, I would do #1, #3 and #5 off-shift....
>
> I don't like the way 3-5 are organized as this may lead to
> the following:
>
> After fully replicating in 1-2, you now have the machine
> come online as a DC in 5 and it MAY start immediately
> accepting authentications AND changes (especially passwords)
> before you can even begin (or complete) the DCPromo.
>
> Were you to do the DCPromo to an offline machine you would
> have left abandoned the DC object in AD and have another
> mess to clean up.
>
> Step 0 should be to transfer any roles, GC responsibilities,
> and DNS to another machine.
>
> Then just do the DCPromo in step 1. It will replicate and turn
> any roles (missed in #0) over to the other DCs.
>
> --
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>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Hank Arnold
>>
>> <needin4mation@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Is that something that can be done during business hours or would it
>>> knock out everything to complete its run? I only have experience with
>>> installation. That was lengthy. It is a DC being demoted to a member
>>> server. It is not the last server in the forest. Thanks.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
I defer to the expert.... ;-)

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Regards,
Hank Arnold



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