Re: Rolling back from going to native mode

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From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:00:28 -0000

"Eshprof" <Eshprof@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2393F636-D022-4B4F-8B5D-443A5BADBFFF@microsoft.com...
>I have never needed to roll back from going native and to the best of my
> knowledge, once you go native that's it. There is no roll back. But...
>
> Do any of you have any "tricks" on how to roll back if necessary?
>
> Could I do a system state backup of a DC and take it offline, then check
> the
> box to say native mode. I could then confirm the change. If all is well,
> I
> could bring it back online and let it replicate the change. Or... if
> something went wrong (I can't think of what would), I could do a restore
> while it's still offline and confirm that it's back to mixed and then
> bring
> it back online?
>
> Is that workable? Any thoughts?

Correct you cannot reverse a mode switch.
There are no tricks around this. 

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"Eshprof" <Eshprof@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:2393F636-D022-4B4F-8B5D-443A5BADBFFF@microsoft.com...
>I have never needed to roll back from going native and to the best of my
> knowledge, once you go native that's it.  There is no roll back.  But...
>
> Do any of you have any "tricks" on how to roll back if necessary?
>
> Could I do a system state backup of a DC and take it offline, then check 
> the
> box to say native mode.  I could then confirm the change.  If all is well, 
> I
> could bring it back online and let it replicate the change.  Or... if
> something went wrong (I can't think of what would), I could do a restore
> while it's still offline and confirm that it's back to mixed and then 
> bring
> it back online?
>
> Is that workable?  Any thoughts?
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