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Change from PDC to a member server
Name: John Date: July 10, 2000 at 06:35:58 Pacific
Comment:
I need to reconfigure our Server from a PDC to a member server of an existing domain. What would be the simplest way of acheiving this ?
Name: Andrew Date: July 10, 2000 at 06:40:45 Pacific
Reply:
You have to re-install NT! No way around it....so backup and restore. Good Luck!
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Response Number 2
Name: Turk Date: July 13, 2000 at 00:21:26 Pacific
Reply:
Yup, You can Promote and demote. You CAN NOT go from PDC or DBC to Member server or Vice Versa. Why don't you just Demote it, if you no longer need it as a PDC (an options if you don't want to reinstall)
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Summary: Hi, I was told that there is a utility out there that will help in demoting a pdc or bdc to a member server. Have any of you guys seen this or is there another way to do this besides reinstalling NT? ...
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