BDC upgrade

[KK]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

hi ,
this has happened to me twice, so i am asking for some
input again.
1 Domain, 2 Controllers, 1 PDC , 1BDC
I unhooked the network cable from the BDC and restarted
it, logged on to the domain using account with admin
credentials,when i tried to go into USER manager or server
manager, it says Domain not available.No matter which view
i choose it does not show me any servers...My question is
how can i upgrade this to a PDC now.

Same thing happened last test scenario, in one sitaution i
did not restart the system and then upgraded it to PDC
which worked.But in actual production environment i want
to keep the offline taken BDC as backup DC in case my AD
upgrade fails for some reason.

Any input is appreciated.

I went to commmand prompt and tried usrstat /domain and it
shoes me all the user accounts, but nothing for the Server
manager side.

ThanKs


KK

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

The message is normal because the BDC will attempt
to contact the PDC of the domain which holds the only
modifiable copy of the SAM database. When opening
server manager the BDC does not show up in the list?
What happens when you click on view and enable
show domain members only? Open a dos prompt and
run net users, do you see your domain accounts in the
list?
"KK" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:300001c486fc$66a00460$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> hi ,
> this has happened to me twice, so i am asking for some
> input again.
> 1 Domain, 2 Controllers, 1 PDC , 1BDC
> I unhooked the network cable from the BDC and restarted
> it, logged on to the domain using account with admin
> credentials,when i tried to go into USER manager or server
> manager, it says Domain not available.No matter which view
> i choose it does not show me any servers...My question is
> how can i upgrade this to a PDC now.
>
> Same thing happened last test scenario, in one sitaution i
> did not restart the system and then upgraded it to PDC
> which worked.But in actual production environment i want
> to keep the offline taken BDC as backup DC in case my AD
> upgrade fails for some reason.
>
> Any input is appreciated.
>
> I went to commmand prompt and tried usrstat /domain and it
> shoes me all the user accounts, but nothing for the Server
> manager side.
>
> ThanKs
>
>
> KK

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

hi ,
I guess i answered all in my post itself.Here it is again.
Message i am aware of will show up, which is normal
behavior.
I am repointing no matter which view i choose ( domain
members,servers only , all and all possibel combination)
no server is showing up in the GUI.
On Commmand prompt using USRSTAT i could see all the
domain accounts. Yes they are coming up fine.

My question was why is this behavior is there any known
issues like these, and will it be any problem say down the
line if i wanna upgrade my this offline BDC back to PDC if
things does not work in production AD upgrade ?

Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>The message is normal because the BDC will attempt
>to contact the PDC of the domain which holds the only
>modifiable copy of the SAM database. When opening
>server manager the BDC does not show up in the list?
>What happens when you click on view and enable
>show domain members only? Open a dos prompt and
>run net users, do you see your domain accounts in the
>list?
>"KK" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:300001c486fc$66a00460$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> hi ,
>> this has happened to me twice, so i am asking for some
>> input again.
>> 1 Domain, 2 Controllers, 1 PDC , 1BDC
>> I unhooked the network cable from the BDC and restarted
>> it, logged on to the domain using account with admin
>> credentials,when i tried to go into USER manager or
server
>> manager, it says Domain not available.No matter which
view
>> i choose it does not show me any servers...My question
is
>> how can i upgrade this to a PDC now.
>>
>> Same thing happened last test scenario, in one
sitaution i
>> did not restart the system and then upgraded it to PDC
>> which worked.But in actual production environment i want
>> to keep the offline taken BDC as backup DC in case my AD
>> upgrade fails for some reason.
>>
>> Any input is appreciated.
>>
>> I went to commmand prompt and tried usrstat /domain and
it
>> shoes me all the user accounts, but nothing for the
Server
>> manager side.
>>
>> ThanKs
>>
>>
>> KK
>
>
>.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

Not it is not normal. The show domain members
setting is supposed to pull the computer accounts
from the SAM database. If you open a dos prompt
and run show config server what is the value of the
hidden field? Also verify the server service is running.
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:
> hi ,
> I guess i answered all in my post itself.Here it is again.
> Message i am aware of will show up, which is normal
> behavior.
> I am repointing no matter which view i choose ( domain
> members,servers only , all and all possibel combination)
> no server is showing up in the GUI.
> On Commmand prompt using USRSTAT i could see all the
> domain accounts. Yes they are coming up fine.
>
> My question was why is this behavior is there any known
> issues like these, and will it be any problem say down the
> line if i wanna upgrade my this offline BDC back to PDC if
> things does not work in production AD upgrade ?

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

where will i find show config server ?
I checked server service is running
>-----Original Message-----
>Not it is not normal. The show domain members
>setting is supposed to pull the computer accounts
>from the SAM database. If you open a dos prompt
>and run show config server what is the value of the
>hidden field? Also verify the server service is running.
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:
>> hi ,
>> I guess i answered all in my post itself.Here it is
again.
>> Message i am aware of will show up, which is normal
>> behavior.
>> I am repointing no matter which view i choose ( domain
>> members,servers only , all and all possibel combination)
>> no server is showing up in the GUI.
>> On Commmand prompt using USRSTAT i could see all the
>> domain accounts. Yes they are coming up fine.
>>
>> My question was why is this behavior is there any known
>> issues like these, and will it be any problem say down
the
>> line if i wanna upgrade my this offline BDC back to PDC
if
>> things does not work in production AD upgrade ?
>
>
>.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

hi,
i found the command net config server,
which shows me the server stats.I checked the entry for
server hidden which says NO.

Anything else i should be checking ?

>-----Original Message-----
>Not it is not normal. The show domain members
>setting is supposed to pull the computer accounts
>from the SAM database. If you open a dos prompt
>and run show config server what is the value of the
>hidden field? Also verify the server service is running.
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:
>> hi ,
>> I guess i answered all in my post itself.Here it is
again.
>> Message i am aware of will show up, which is normal
>> behavior.
>> I am repointing no matter which view i choose ( domain
>> members,servers only , all and all possibel combination)
>> no server is showing up in the GUI.
>> On Commmand prompt using USRSTAT i could see all the
>> domain accounts. Yes they are coming up fine.
>>
>> My question was why is this behavior is there any known
>> issues like these, and will it be any problem say down
the
>> line if i wanna upgrade my this offline BDC back to PDC
if
>> things does not work in production AD upgrade ?
>
>
>.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

Try stopping the netlogon service then in server manager
click on view / all and "show domain members only"..
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:...
> hi,
> i found the command net config server,
> which shows me the server stats.I checked the entry for
> server hidden which says NO.
>
> Anything else i should be checking ?