Temporary Demotion of Domain Controller

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the cause: have issue new client.... former used evaluation licenses in production environment when setting office. took on contract , had customer comply purchasing proper licenses. able apply purchased licenses evaluation servers, using dism; however, there 1 last server needs converted appropriate license , first domain controller in domain!

the objective: objective temporarily demote dc, named "vmdc", long enough use dism apply appropriate license, , promote again. what i've done: i've transferred fsmo roles , configured clients receive dns server named, "server1". when run query fsmo, following....

ps c:\users\administrator> netdom query fsmo

schema master               server1.corp.zagglobal.com
domain naming master   vmdc.corp.zagglobal.com
pdc                         server1.corp.zagglobal.com
rid pool manager           server1.corp.zagglobal.com
infrastructure master       server1.corp.zagglobal.com

in attempt test impact of unavailability of vmdc, left powered off overnight before proceeding demotion. next morning, no users print. (printers deployed via group policy on print server.)

when attempt demote “vmdc”, following messages concern me...

the domain controller hosts following role(s):
- domain name system (dns) server- global catalog

the roles hosted domain controller required active directory domain services functionality. if proceed, active directory domain services operations may impacted.
[] proceed removal

 **(i have ensured global catalog role exists on other 2 dcs)

also, check box titled, "remove dns zone (this last dns server hosts zone)", must checked in order me proceed. dns currerently running on server1 and clients configured send queries server1 - works fine when vmdc powered down.

the questions:

  1. what have transfer domain naming master role? what's required?
  2. are there other considerations need make before temporarily demoting dc?

thank in advance help!

this issue has been resolved - rebuilt domain , had migrate 50 desktop profiles.

- pete jones



Windows Server  >  Migration



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