Re: removing a controller

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From: Simon Geary (simon_geary_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:00:25 +0100

You will also need to transfer the Schema Master and domain naming master
roles if these are currently held by the server you plan to get rid of.
dcpromo should move any roles held during the demotion anyway but do it
beforehand so you can choose where they end up.
Make sure you run dcpromo on the server before removing it to bring it down
to a member server.
It's not necessary to remove the Global Catalogue from a DC before demoting
it.

"John C. Weldin" <jweldin@focusbsi.com> wrote in message
news:ejW2evHVEHA.1048@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I upgraded a network to Windows 2003 Server from Windows 2000 Server. I
did
> this by adding a Windows 2000 server, adding AD on it, and then promoting
it
> to Windows 2003 Server. I added a second Windows 2003 server (and made it
a
> controller). Now I want to remove my temporary Windows 2003 Server.
>
> Before I upgraded it, I had to make it all the FSMO Roles (five of them).
> The new main server has been made the Operations Master for RID, PDC, and
> Infrastructure. Is this the only area that I need to be transfer, before I
> remove the temporary server? I know that I must remove the catalog from
the
> temp server, too. I just want to make sure that I have everything covered
> with my AD before I remove the temp server.
>
> Can anyone offer any advice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
>

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