Why not just dcpromo the box down, rename it, and dcpromo back up? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com>
c - 312.731.3132 From: Burian, Matthew J. (mjb) [mailto:m...@burianit.com] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 7:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server 2008 NETDOM issues All, Due to infrastructure changes at a customer location, I am in the process of renaming and changing roles of some servers this weekend. One of the requirements is the renaming of a Server 2008 domain controller, holding all FSMO primary roles. I have added the new name as a secondary name using NETDOM, however when trying to use NETDOM "makeprimary" and "remove" commands, I am receiving an error messages stating either "The specified account does not exist", or "The parameter is incorrect". I will receive one of these errors each time I try to run the command, however which error I receive does not seem to be consistent. After working with this, the NETLOGON service is now failing to start and I am getting messages in error log "Active Directory Domain Services was unable to establish a connection with the global catalog". Also interesting- in the sysdm.cpl system properties, the new computer name is listed, however in all Active Directory management applets it is listed by the old name. The system can be also reached via DNS queries for either the old name or the new name. Has anyone ever experienced a similar issue or have any ideas? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as my normal research avenues have been unsuccessful. Matt Matt Burian | Sr. IT Consultant Burian Information Technology, LLC. m...@burianit.com<mailto:m...@burianit.com> | Main: 937 660-8196 | Cell: 937 681-3600 Computer and Network Solutions for Home and Business Visit on the Web at www.burianit.com<http://www.burianit.com> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
