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Mister IT Guru
Asked: 2011-01-26 03:03:43 +0800 CST

Retire a domain controller

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I need to retire a particular piece of hardware, I have another server online on this particular network.

I have run DCPromo om the new server, but when the original server is shutdown, authentication on the network fails. I have also made the new 2003 server a global catalogue, and authentication still fails.

I would like to know how I can 'retire' the old server. It may need to stay on the network for legacy reasons, but I would dearly love to remove all domain activity from it without any downtime.

I look forward to help in this regards! Thanks for your tips hints and comments.

migration windows-server-2003 domain-controller active-directory

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    transfer the FSMO roles to the new server, then demote the old server using dcpromo again

    you may also want to check the replication status of your new server using repadmin /showrepl

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  2. Don't forget to add the new DC to the client ip settings for DNS, assuming your DC is also your DNS server.

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  3. Make sure that you Promote your new Servers as a DNS Server and all the objects replicate between both the Domain Controller.

    Before you demote the existing Domain Controller please ensure that you Transfer FSMO Roles else you'll face many other issues in your environment than you are facing now.

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