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micronmega
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Since this server is a domain controller, i would run dcpromo to demote the server back to a member server, then you can wipe/re-install 2k. Running dcpromo to get it out of the domain cleanly removes it from the AD as a DC.
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After running dcpromo, does this, in effect, make it just a member server?
Reason for the question is we have a new member server on the domain, which is much more powerful that the DNS server I was going to rebuild, so maybe it's a good idea just to run dcpromo on the new one?
Reason for the question is we have a new member server on the domain, which is much more powerful that the DNS server I was going to rebuild, so maybe it's a good idea just to run dcpromo on the new one?
micronmega
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Yes running dcpromo on a domain controller demotes it to a member server.
Domain controllers or dns servers do no have to be super high end, unless you are running this in a large enterprise setting where you would have exchange2k talking to this domain controller for example. i'd save the nice new server for something else
Domain controllers or dns servers do no have to be super high end, unless you are running this in a large enterprise setting where you would have exchange2k talking to this domain controller for example. i'd save the nice new server for something else
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