See follow up note regarding reading comprehension level on a Monday.
Michael B. Smith wrote:
Those still agree with me.
You can't change the name of a DC while Exchange is installed on it.
This means you can't rename a domain if Exchange is installed on a DC.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley,
CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 2:09 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Rename domain - DC with Exchange installed
Okay so maybe that was a lousy link
Download details: Microsoft Exchange Server Domain Rename Fixup
(XDR-Fixup):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=24B47D4A-C4B9-4
031-B491-29839148A28C&displaylang=en
Exchange for Experts: Be The Master Of Your Domain Rename With Exchange
-- TechNet Magazine, Spring 2005:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2005/05/DomainRename/
default.aspx
SP1 also contains a number of new tools for Exchange 2003. The following
are available as separate downloads.
* /Exchange Domain Rename Fixup:/ Repairs Exchange Server attributes
in Active Directory after using the Windows Server 2003 domain
rename tool
Michael B. Smith wrote:
I don't see anything in that article that disagrees with what I said.
You can't change the name of a DC while Exchange is installed on it.
In fact, the article you quote specifically agrees with me:
Exchange must not be installed on domain controllers To use the domain
rename operation, Exchange must not be installed on any domain
controllers (if Exchange is loaded on a DC deinstal Exchange from it)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan
Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 1:01 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Rename domain - DC with Exchange installed
Actually not true, this changed in Exchange SP1...now that said.....
we STILL do not recommend renaming in SBSland because of Sharepoint.
That is what gets totally screwed these days with a domain rename on
our boxes. [yes a MVP tried it, Exchange made the trip just fine,
Sharepoint did not]
Domain Rename - Rename a Windows 2003 Forest with Exchange 2003
installed:
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Domain-Rename.html
Stupid question alert though....why the need for the rename in the
first place? Now granted, this is our funky space down here but...the
name of the domain is totally meaningless and you should name your
servers to not need renaming is our philosophy in SBSland.
Bottom line ...yes... on a normal server, no on SBS.
I have seen several KBs that point to ... if I remember right....
public folder wackoness after a domain rename that needed some
hotfixes.
Michael B. Smith wrote:
It is not supported to change the name of a server on which Exchange
is installed.
Thus you can't change the name of a DC while Exchange is installed
upon it. Exchange will break.
For more information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842116
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve
Sorenson
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:38 AM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: [ActiveDir] Rename domain - DC with Exchange installed
Hi everyone,
We have a Windows 2003 SP1 server with Exchange 2003 installed. I
need
to change the domain name. Doing some reading up on the subject, I'm
getting conflicting information on whether this is even possible in
our case. For the record, this is our DC (and the only DC in the
domain) and it has Exchange installed on it.
I've read the documentation that MS has available on the two tools
for
domain renaming and am not clear on whether I need to first uninstall
Exchange to do this.
Has anyone here done this successfully without uninstalling Exchange
first?
TIA for any pointers!
Steve
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