That's what I would do. Obviously you'll need to repoint clients using the machine for DNS, etc.
Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Mike Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 5:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How to change IP address of a DC/DNS server? On 6/1/2011 5:22 PM, Brian Desmond wrote: > *You don't need to do either of the first two. Worst case just bounce > the box when you're done.* So .. just change the IP address in the NIC properties of this DC (including changing the DNS server settings to point to the new IP address you are using for this DC), and just reboot? (since this is an isolated lab, this DC is the only DNS server in the domain, so I have to set the DNS settings of the NIC to point to itself) I don't understand how to set the secondary IP address, as ASB suggests. > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *br...@briandesmond.com* <mailto:br...@briandesmond.com>** > > * * > > *c - 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:*Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 01, 2011 3:59 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: How to change IP address of a DC/DNS server? > > > > You will want to do at least the following: > > * Create new A records for the DCs using the new IPs > * Create new reverse entries for the DCs > * Ensure that your DNS service is listening on the new IP > > I usually change the IP address on each box, making the old IP the > secondary IP, then reboot. After going through all the DCs in this > fashion, I make the bulleted changes above, one at at time, and then > remove the old IP. > > > > You can do it all at once, but I find the two-step approach more > appealing for me. > > > > *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market...** > * > * * > > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Mike Leone <oozerd...@gmail.com > <mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I need to change the static IP of a couple of my DCs (which of course > are DNS servers, too). Searching around, it seems that I should just > be able to change the static IP address the same way you change any > Windows static IP. > > Yet when I do that, my DNS breaks. dnslint reports "No matching CNAME > records". And I still find references to the old IP address in DNS. > > So what do I need to do, to change the IP address? Is there some > special set of step-by-steps that I just haven't found? > > (I am setting up a lab version of my domains, so I want these 2 DCs to > be on a completely different number private subnet .. even tho they > are on a virtual switch which completely isolates them from the > production LANs, I want to make doubly sure ...) > > Thanks for any help > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > <mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > <mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
