Help needed swapping servers

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Add the new server to the domain as a member server, then run dcpromo.

See how to add a second server to an existing domain:
HOW TO: Promote and Demote Domain Controllers in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;238369



Transfer the 5 FSMO roles and GC to the new server.

See:

HOW TO: View and Transfer FSMO Roles in the Graphical User Interface

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;255690

and:

How to: Create or Move a Global Catalog in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;313994



Install DNS on the new server and set the zone to AD Integrated. This will
replicate the DNS info to the new server. To check see:

How to Verify the Creation of SRV Records for a Domain Controller

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;241515



SRV Resource Records May Not Be Created on Domain Controller

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;239897



Use what ever your current method is (DHCP or manually) to point all AD
clients to the new DNS server.

You *may* have to run ipconfig/flushdns followed by ipconfig/registerdns on
the clients to refresh the DNS cache.



hth

DDS W 2k MVP MCSE




<<Fran>> wrote in message news:f14ej0hfcb39spo1mcam1ksai07n03rk3f@4ax.com...
> I had to rebuild a server on a LAN last week. It's a Windows 2000
> server running AD. I put another Win2K server running AD in it's place
> temporarily. Between setting up AD, the user accounts and un-joining
> and rejoining the 10 client computers to the domain I spent over 6
> hours.
>
> I have to return the old server to service THIS weekend and I'm
> looking for a quick and easy way to do this. Basically I have a
> Windows 2000 server replacing another Windows 2000 server. What is the
> easiest way to accomplish this without having to go back an rejoin all
> the client workstations to the new (rebuilt) server?
>
> Would NTBackup help? Will I have to do anything to the client
> computers??
>
> Any suggestions are welcomed!
>
> -Fran-