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neil_burroughs@xxxx.yyy
 | | 09/25/2005 7:34 AM |
| We have an unreliable DC within our root domain, it has a habit of crashing
on a regular basis, it hosts our primary active directory intergraded DNS
server and was the first server to be built within our root domain.
We have transferred the Operational Masters roles, RID, PDC, Infrastructure,
and Schema to another server but need to move DNS, or do WE???
I?m trying to get to a point where I can switch this server off and replace
the hardware and reload, at the moment when I switch this server off, no one
is able to login, and the domain becomes unavailable due to what I think is
DNS related or is it..?
Our current platform is a mixture of 2000 and 2003 servers, with all
workstation running WinXP, we have three secondary DNS servers one within
our root domain and two within our child domain,
Please help
Thanks
Neil
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| Gil
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| | 09/25/2005 8:02 AM |
| You don't need to "move" DNS per se, but you do need to start the DNS
service on at least one other DC in the domain.
It sounds like your clients are trying to use the bad DC as a DNS
resolver. You'll need to fix their IP configuration to use another
resolver. You should be able to do that through DHCP, assuming they use
DHCP, or through a GPO setting.
-g
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From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Burroughs
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:33 PM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ActiveDir] Domain Problems....
We have an unreliable DC within our root domain, it has a habit of
crashing
on a regular basis, it hosts our primary active directory intergraded
DNS
server and was the first server to be built within our root domain.
We have transferred the Operational Masters roles, RID, PDC,
Infrastructure,
and Schema to another server but need to move DNS, or do WE???
I'm trying to get to a point where I can switch this server off and
replace
the hardware and reload, at the moment when I switch this server off, no
one
is able to login, and the domain becomes unavailable due to what I think
is
DNS related or is it..?
Our current platform is a mixture of 2000 and 2003 servers, with all
workstation running WinXP, we have three secondary DNS servers one
within
our root domain and two within our child domain,
Please help
Thanks
Neil
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| AD000001304
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| | 09/25/2005 9:37 AM |
| Hi Neil,
As long as you have another AD integrated DNS server, you should be
alright.
Some concerns to lookout for are that your DHCP servers give out another
DNS server, and that any statically configured clients are update to
point to a functional server.
You may just need to do a little cleanup in your AD DNS zone to remove
the old removed name server.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Burroughs
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:33 PM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ActiveDir] Domain Problems....
We have an unreliable DC within our root domain, it has a habit of
crashing on a regular basis, it hosts our primary active directory
intergraded DNS server and was the first server to be built within our
root domain.
We have transferred the Operational Masters roles, RID, PDC,
Infrastructure, and Schema to another server but need to move DNS, or do
WE???
I'm trying to get to a point where I can switch this server off and
replace the hardware and reload, at the moment when I switch this server
off, no one is able to login, and the domain becomes unavailable due to
what I think is
DNS related or is it..?
Our current platform is a mixture of 2000 and 2003 servers, with all
workstation running WinXP, we have three secondary DNS servers one
within our root domain and two within our child domain,
Please help
Thanks
Neil
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| AD00000928
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| | 09/25/2005 10:12 AM |
| Which domain controller is configured to be your GC?
Which server is DHCP pointing to for DNS purposes?
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On 9/25/05, Neil Burroughs wrote:
> We have an unreliable DC within our root domain, it has a habit of crashing
> on a regular basis, it hosts our primary active directory intergraded DNS
> server and was the first server to be built within our root domain.
>
> We have transferred the Operational Masters roles, RID, PDC, Infrastructure,
> and Schema to another server but need to move DNS, or do WE???
>
> I'm trying to get to a point where I can switch this server off and replace
> the hardware and reload, at the moment when I switch this server off, no one
> is able to login, and the domain becomes unavailable due to what I think is
> DNS related or is it..?
>
> Our current platform is a mixture of 2000 and 2003 servers, with all
> workstation running WinXP, we have three secondary DNS servers one within
> our root domain and two within our child domain,
>
> Please help
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil
>
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