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[Cert]

Hello
How i can change DNS name of domain
controler

Thank

 

[Niavlys]

Hi, to change the name of a DC you have to depromote the server, change the name and promote it back. I suggest you to wait or force a little replication (if you have more than one DC) between each steps.

Niavlys

 

[GlenJohnson]

Niavlys is correct. At a command prompt, type dcpromo. This is the same for promoting and demoting. How many servers are you talking about? Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
gjohn76351@msn.com
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child."
Cicero (106-43 B.C.); Roman orator, philosopher.

 

[Cert]

I have only one W2k PDC
Then i will try to demote and promote?

 

[Cert]

I have only one W2k PDC
Then i will try to demote and promote?

 

[hads]

You could, but in doing so you would lose all of your Active Directory information (user accounts,computer accounts etc.) If its a test environment or you only have a few users then you may not worry about it, otherwise it's a reasonobly big deal.

Hope this helps
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[GlenJohnson]

You might do a search for exporting your ad as a csv file, then import it once you've fixed the name. Try

http://msdn.microsoft.com

for an advanced search. I know I've exported my users as a csv and opened it in excel. It will give you the users, and what groups they belong to. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
gjohn76351@msn.com
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child."
Cicero (106-43 B.C.); Roman orator, philosopher.

 

[Niavlys]

Hi Glen, I've just tried the export, it works fine but it's a pain if you have a big AD structure with a bunch of OUs with other OUs in it, you have to export it one by one.

And how do you import it back?

Niavlys

 

[GlenJohnson]

To be honest, I don't have a clue. Somebody needed a list of users once and that's when I used the export function. I'm sure you can import it somehow though. Maybe do a search on

http://msdn.microsoft.com

Good luck. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
gjohn76351@msn.com
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child."
Cicero (106-43 B.C.); Roman orator, philosopher.