Thanks Jim.

I didn't want to change the domain level.  Wanted to leave it at 2008 but
was wondering if the FSMO roles can be installed on a 2008R2 server with the
domain level at 2008.

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Jim Holmgren <jholmg...@xlhealth.com>wrote:

>  James,
>
> My thoughts are with you as we are in the middle of implementing our DR
> plan.  Given all that you have to deal with, I am not sure I would change
> your domain level at this point.
>
>
>
> If you need help – I do have a valid US passport and relatives in Oz.    :)
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>
> Jim Holmgren
>
> Senior Manager, Infrastructure Services
>
> XLHealth Corporation
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
> *From:* James Hill [mailto:hill.ja...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, January 14, 2011 4:36 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* So...our data centre is under water
>
>
>
> If you've seen the news you may have heard that we've had some very serious
> flooding here in Brisbane, Australia.  As a result we lost our data centre,
> it ended up being completely under water.  We managed to save some
> components thanks to some knee high walking in water before it got too
> high.  A very critical server was later rescued thanks to a boat and some
> roof removal.  Walking in to your Data Centre in knee high water is some
> what depressing.  Seeing the lights on equipment that is higher in the
> racks(and dry) still being powered by the UPS in a dark room filling up with
> water is well...uncomforting.
>
>
>
> We are now in hectic DR mode and are restoring services as quickly as
> possible.  Unfortunately we didn't have a DR location(planning was under way
> but nothing was in place) and so a lot of the restore means retrieving data
> from tapes and building servers from scratch.
>
>
>
> I'm in new territory here and so I'm hoping the list can help me out with
> some questions that I know will arise as I work through this mess.
>
>
>
> We have secured space in a nice and dry Data centre and have organised WAN
> and Internet connectivity(although it's not fired up yet), some rack space,
> and have rented VM's and disk space.
>
>
>
> We have a 2008 level domain with a mix of 2008 and 2008 R2 DC's.  The two
> DC's we lost were running 2008 and held the FSMO roles.  We have C: drive
> and system state backups of these.  We have a number of other DC's out in
> our stores that are high and dry.  What I would like to do is:-
>
>
>
> Create a new DC in the new Data Centre with a new name but running 2008R2
> (take the opportunity to upgrade it).
>
> Give it the FSMO roles (is this possible considering the domain level is at
> 2008 but the server would be 2008 R2)?
>
> Clear out the two lost DC's from AD entirely.
>
>
>
> Thoughts, suggestions and messages of sympathy are all welcome.
>
>
>
> James.
>
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