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Windows Server Forum / Small Business Server / SBS 4.0 & 4.5 / September 2008SBS 2003 SP1 need to add additional domain controller (redundancy)
We have a Windows SBS 2003 SP1 Server (biggest mistake ever) and plan to add an additional domain controller for purposes of domain redundancy. We have a new server running server 2003 R2 SP2 fresh load. My question/concern is about adding this server to the domain. I assume we will be required to update the schema because the new server is running R2. I have been searching for resources on this all morning. Are there any special considerations to accomplish this? normally we would just update the AD then add the domain controller. However SBS is NEVER that simple doing anything. Any guidance or reference to a resource about this is helpful. Thanks, Scott I thought that SBS is 'single server, single DC' only. The trusts were removed so you can't get it to work. I could be wrong... SBS can have additional DCs but there can only be one domain. David Olsen www.powerbits.com.au >I thought that SBS is 'single server, single DC' only. The trusts were > removed so you can't get it to work. I could be wrong... Oh. Sorry. That's because of the trusts. On a related question, since AD is so DNS dependent, how can I have a backup DNS server to do name resolution when the server is down or being rebooted. It may sound like a silly question but my MCSE is in NT4 and due to this wonderful economy, I've not been able to advance and get more training. I did setup a small Linux box here on our network but it doesn't seem too work well. Thanks... You could manually configure your clients to use an external DNS server (eg. OpenDNS or the DNS server of your ISP) but this seems like an unneccessary change for the time it takes for a server to reboot. And if the server is down, then staff presumably aren't going to be able to do much more than surf the web. > Oh. Sorry. That's because of the trusts. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks... Also, aside from the user quantity limitations, we've found SBS to be great for our small clients. We don't manage it with the 'server manager' tool. It serves a purpose and wasn't meant to be a 'one size fits all' product. Is there any particular reason you don't use Server Manager? David Olsen www.powerbits.com.au > Also, aside from the user quantity limitations, we've found SBS to be > great > for our small clients. We don't manage it with the 'server manager' tool. > > It serves a purpose and wasn't meant to be a 'one size fits all' product. I guess I've always liked doing things the hard way. I'm used to using the utilities directly. Server manager makes it 'easier' for some people but I'd just as soon not use it. Personal preference I guess. > Is there any particular reason you don't use Server Manager? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > > It serves a purpose and wasn't meant to be a 'one size fits all' product. > I guess I've always liked doing things the hard way. I'm used to using the > utilities directly. Server manager makes it 'easier' for some people but I'd [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > > > It serves a purpose and wasn't meant to be a 'one size fits all' product. > I guess I've always liked doing things the hard way. I'm used to using the > utilities directly. Server manager makes it 'easier' for some people but I'd [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > Hello everybody Does somebody have any idea how to remove SBS from domain after adding 2K3 standard as second DC? I believe that there is a Microsoft KB article about that. Here is one site that I found It's not exact but covers some of what you want to do: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30526614/adprep-r2--sbsx64.aspx I would think that you could move all user accounts to the standard server and then demote the SBS server and promote the standard server. Although I've never done this. There is a Microsoft license to convert a SBS server into a sztandard server. It 'unbundles' the bits from SBS. Well, if you need the parts of SBS... > > I guess I've always liked doing things the hard way. I'm used to using the > > utilities directly. Server manager makes it 'easier' for some people but I'd [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Does somebody have any idea how to remove SBS from domain after adding 2K3 > standard as second DC? |
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