Re: Renaming Domain

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"Hazel" <Hazel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7B9B209F-A580-4F9E-A460-5D5731A65549@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have moved a single DC to a different site and have to rename the domain.
This is a very small site and is running only one server which is acting as
the DC and exchange server. It is not joining a forest or another domain and
will be the only DC on site. Is it possible to rename it? I have tried to
run the rendom tool but errors back that the behaviour of the forest is 0 and
it must be 2 so server unable to rename domain, error 8245.

Thanks for any help in advance ...


The 0 means it is in mixed mode.
Value of 0 or not set=mixed level forest
Value of 1=Windows Server 2003 interim forest level
Value of 2=Windows Server 2003 forest level

This means the domain and forest levels need to be raised. It also means that the domain rename needs to be at Windows 2003 levels, which means that you cannot have any Windows 2000 domain controllers in the forest.

How to raise domain and forest functional levels in Windows Server ...The attribute is msDS-Behavior-Version on the CN=Partitions, CN=Configuration, DC=ForestRootDom, DC=tld object. Value of 0 or not set=mixed level forest ....
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322692

But as Isaac asked, what are your basis of renaming?
Do you have Exchange installed? If so, what version of Exchange?
How many DCs do you have?
What operating system versions are the DCs?
What errors are you seeing that is prompting the idea of a rename? If so, can you post the eventID #s to possibly help you with this?


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