Re: urgent: primary dc failure

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What about stuff like DNS. Currently the primary dns server is the failed
server. Ofcourse DNS only hosts records used for local resolution. We are
not hosting our public DNS records on these servers. Please advise. I will
also need to move out Routing & Remote Access Server over to the standby
server. That is the one used to facilitate VPN connections. Is there anyway
in 2003 to setup a backup standby RRAS solution?

thanks

"Chriss3 [MVP]" <noSpamHere@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Using Ntdsutil.exe to transfer or seize FSMO roles
> Describes how you can use the Ntdsutil.exe utility to transfer or to seize
> Flexible
> Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles.
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504
>
> It's also important to clean up the directory after your lost domain
> controller, have a look at How to remove data in Active Directory after an
> unsuccessful domain controller demotion:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q216498/
>
> --
> Regards
> Christoffer Andersson
> Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
>
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>> Hi all, our Primary Domain Controller (2003) just went down this morning.
>> We have a standby controller that seems to be operating but network
>> operations are very slow. I guess it is trying to find the primary? What
>> do I need to do to make the standby the primary? I remember reading
>> somewhere about seizing some roles? Both the servers are 2003 Standard.
>>
>> TIA!
>>
>
>


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