Re: DCs not responding to logon requests



which of the DCs hosts DNS and DHCP?

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"Vince Bailey" <VinceBailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Got a very strange problem at my site. I have three DCs - two Win2k and
> one
> Win2k3. I want to remove one of the Win2k DCs from the network but
> whenever
> I do, none of the clients can map shares or access files (no logon server
> available to service the request). The DC being removed does not hold any
> FSMO roles, and all three DCs are GCs.
>
> I have run REPLMON, NETDIAG and DCDIAG on the servers and on the
> workstations, have checked the event logs and can find no errors being
> reported. Everything appears to be ok (including DNS), but as soon as I
> shutdown the DC I wish to remove it all goes haywire. Surely the other
> two
> DCs/GCs should just take over?
>
> Any help or suggestions gratefully received. Thanks in advance.


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