Re: How to know the Primary Domain Controller.
- From: Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de>
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:04:08 +0000 (UTC)
Hello Tom,
Since 2000 there is no longer a PDC/BDC concept. All DC's are the same, instead of the 5 FSMO roles. If you never changed it, the first installed DC will hold the roles and you have to transfer/move them to another DC, BEFORE take the old one off the network.
How to view and transfer FSMO roles in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801
Also check that you have at least one of the other's as a Global catalog server, in a single forest, single domain you can make any DC Global catalog server.
Then check that you have a running DNS server and that the clients also point to that one.
And do not just shut off the old one, you have to demote it to got it correctly out of the domain.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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Hello,
We currently have 3 domain controllers. 2 of which we have added over
the
past year as secondary controllers. The primary dc is old and needs
taken
off of the network. However, with 2 other domain controllers on the
network
(one has 2003 Standard, one has 2003 R2) which one will be the primary
domain
controller after the current one is demoted? They are all currently
all
handling domain logins. Thanks for the help.
Tom
.
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