Ugh. what an awful mess you are in. Although, I would like to see some pictures of the data center as you described it. Good poster shot for DR planning.
Schema should have already been modified since original post indicated he already had both 2008 and 2008 R2 domain controllers. Are any of the remote location domain controllers global catalog servers? Chris Bodnar, MCSE Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: "Michael B. Smith" <mich...@smithcons.com> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 01/14/2011 04:44 PM Subject: RE: So...our data centre is under water Yes. But your first step is to seize the FSMO roles on an existing group catalog server, and then delete the old servers from AD. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498 Then you can build a new 2008 R2 server. You WILL have to extend the schema, but you don’t have to update the forest or domain functional levels. My thoughts are with you. Good luck! Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: James Hill [mailto:hill.ja...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 4:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: So...our data centre is under water 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 The Warehouse at Camden Yards 351 West Camden Street, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21201 410.625.2200 (main) 443.524.8573 (direct) 443-506.2400 (cell) www.xlhealth.com 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. 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