Re: Replacing running Win2000 DC with new Win2003 DC

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Thanks * 1000 to Shaibal.

Could'nt ask for a better description.

Best regards
Peter.


"shaibal" <shaibal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The following steps you need to follow :

a) Install W2k3 on a new hardware.

b) Join it to the domain as a member server.

c) On the W2k DC, put in cd and run adprep /forestprep (updates
configuration and schema partitions) first, then when it finishes, run
adprep
/domainprep on it.

d) run dcpromo on the W2k3 member server.

e) Make it a GC...check after 5 minutes with ldp->connect to port
3268->check for value Is_Global_Catalog_Ready->True, or run nltest
/dsgetdc:domain name /gc /force and check the keys...if you see GC, then
its
advertising as a GC.

f) force a replication from W2k DC using cmd : repadmin /syncall domain
name->u should see "syncall terminated with no errors".

g) Once replication is finished, run dcpromo on W2k DC to demote it.

h) On new W2k3 DC, run netdom query fsmo and check to see if its
advertising
all fsmo roles.

i) Run a dcdiag /v and netdiag /v and make sure they are clean.

j) Once all this is done, your new W2k3 DC will be roaring to go :)).

"Peter Zzzz" wrote:

Many thanks to Mike and Danny.

That was exactly the kind of info i needed. I feel confident that I can
read
up on how to do DCPROMO.

I guess I kind of gave to litlle info. Just look at the discussion about
DNS
servers. So i better try to fix that. ....

Network contain a mix of computeres. Some running Windows and some
runining
L.... Ouuchh I almost used the L-word. Is that legal in here ???
We do have both DNS and DHCP, but they are running on the L-stuff. ...
Not
my decission , I just started in the company 4 months ago.

Current DC is running on old hardware... I guess it's a retired
worlstation
at least 8 years old. Only 1 IDE disk, that crashed a few moths ago. Had
to
reinstall and rebuild the DC. No back-up of old stuff existed.
I'm not a trained / experienced Admin and I just need the transition to
be
smooth.

Just one question though . When installing win2003 on new server, shall I
install AD on that ?


Best Regards & thanks
Peter


"Danny Sanders" <DSanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What you are doing is upgrading your domain from Win 2k to Win 2k3. It
will involve a schema update.

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555040/en-us


hth
DDS
"Mike Shepperd" <newsgroups a t sunfiresolutions d o t com> wrote in
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Buy the new 2003 server
Install Windows
Join the Domain
Run DCPROMO to promote it as a DC
Transfer the FSMO roles:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801
Run DCPROMO on the old server to demote it
Join the old DC (now a member server) to a workgroup (remove from the
domain)
Turn off the old server and recycle.

--

Mike Shepperd
Sunfire Solutions LLC
Seattle, WA

[This posting is provided AS-IS, with no warranties and confers no
rights]


"Peter Zzzz" <no@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello.

My company need a new DC. The current DC is Win2000 running on old
workstation hardware. We have discussed replacing it with a Win2003
DC
running on new 'server' hardware.

Could anyone please give me a quick run down on what i need to do.
You
don't have to go into details, but i would like to get the 'big
picture'
before i gwet started.

- Win2000 machine is still running.
- Win2000 is just DC, not DNS-server nor DHCP server.
- Upgrading is not an option.

- I expect Win2003 to become DC, fileserver and print server.
- Win2000 DC will go away when Win2003 is running.


Best regards.

Peter Zzzz.









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