We have several servers running as Domain Controllers, "DC01", "DC02", and "DC03". For some reasons, we need to reboot them.
Is there a specific procedure to follow?
Additional info: "DC01" currently holds all FSMO roles. Should I transfer the roles to another DC before rebooting it?
More information: DC01 is Windows 2008 Enterprise. DC02 and DC03 are Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise.
No need to stagger reboots. Active Directory, being a multi-master system, can sustain any order of domain controller reboots.
As for safety and redundancy, it is nice to have roles spread across different DCs, so consider that for a future project. However, that won't be a consideration for reboots.
EDIT
To address the following comment:
I think that it makes sense from a strictly theoretical point of view. A domain controller with all FSMO roles that goes sneakers up is a horrifying thing to endure. However, in practice, I see two problems:
In short, don't move FSMO roles except to practice good systems engineering tenets. Unless your server room is full of lemurs. In which case, hey... lemurs!