Last NT4.0 SRV in Domain

[stompin]

Problems - we have an NT4.0 SRV which I need to take off a domain and join another W2K domain as a member server. Now the NT SRV is showing up as a primary in srv manager so how do I get the srv off the domain and join it to another one??. The srv is the last srv in the domain

 

[DestinysDream]

What does the server do? Is it Exchange, Active Directory or PDC.

If anyone calls and says "I know a little something about computers" just tell them to reformat it.

 

[stompin]

The SRV is an NT4.0 machine, so unfortunately no AD, running as a PDC in the domain. This is the only srv in the domain and I need to retire that one domain and bring the NT4.0 SRV up in another W2k AD domain.

 

[Stiddy]

The only thing I can think of is to build another server, join the NT domain, prmote it to the PDC, then remove the server you want from the domain into a workgroup. Then kill the new PDC, who cares.

or

Buy a product called UPromote, which can demote the PDC to a memeber server, and who really cares what happens to the NT domain. Is that right?

 

[Stiddy]

Buy a product called UPromote, which can demote the PDC to a member server, and who really cares what happens to the NT domain. Is that right?

 

[Stiddy]

sorry for double posting. by the way, my first suggestion in the first post WON'T work.

 

[stompin]

I guess UPROMOTE is the way to go here chaps - cheer's for the input and I just gotta say wot were MS thinking when they didn't allow for a simple task like this,huh!!. Should have built something into W2K SRV to allow admins to do this...

 

[Stiddy]

stompin,

hey just found something which my help. In the w2k3 server resource kit a utility called 'NetDom.exe' has an ooption to 'moveNT4BDC' which may help you....

 

[stompin]

good man... I'll give that a try.

Cheer's