We do this on a regular basis with W2K and see nothing in W2K3 that would change it. As long as it demotes properly and you make sure its entries are cleaned up you should have no problem. We have literally replaced hundreds with machines of the identical name.
joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malcolm Reitz Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coincidentally, I was listening to a Mark Minasi webcast today and he explicitly mentioned that reusing a DC name is a bad idea. He didn't go into details, but I think you've found evidence of why he said that. Not that it matters now, but upgrading server A instead of rebuilding it would have let you keep the same server name. Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: osman filiz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Dcpromo Failed On Windows 2003.Urgent!!! No we ddinot, and cant also because clients knows with this name.But demoting the server was sucessfull why i cant add with the same name?Or how can i add with the same name again? >From: "Craig Cerino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Dcpromo Failed On Windows 2003.Urgent!!! >Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:05:22 -0400 > >Did you rename the box? >This error is telling me (and I could be wrong here) that you are trying >to use the same name which is associated with the SID of the same box >when it was a DC in W2K > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of osman filiz >Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:40 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [ActiveDir] Dcpromo Failed On Windows 2003.Urgent!!! > >We had two domain controllers with w2k sp4 (A and B) then we add a new >one with windows 2003(C) .We transfer all of the master roles to this >windows >2003 server(A to C). After that we demote one of the windows 2000 domain > >controllers(A).We installed freshly windows 2003 to A but when we want >to promote it fails with this error: >09/16 19:46:16 [INFO] Error - The promotion failed because the name of >local computer is the name of a predefined security identifier. Please rename >the >computer. (8571) >09/16 19:46:31 [INFO] NtdsInstall for gateway.local returned 8571 >09/16 19:46:31 [INFO] DsRolepInstallDs returned 8571 > >Any recommendation? > >_________________________________________________________________ >Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > >List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm >List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm >List archive: >http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ >List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm >List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm >List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
