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Properly Setting up Backoffice 2000

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by cjenkins

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Previously we were running everything in a NT4 TS setup on a single server. We have been trying since July to get a Win2K domain up and running on three (3) separate servers. We contracted the installation and migration out to Local company that after over 100 hours, still fail to get us up and running without SAM, DNS and FRS errors in the event logs. The original DC (TS2) bogged so the DCpromo'ed and moved the schema and FSMO roles to another server (TS3). We burned down that server (TS2)and rebuilt it while better load balancing the applications (bringing a third server online); still errors. Today we unDCpromo'ed the original machine (TS2) and renamed it to (Citrix), then DCpromoed it back into the domain and still get all the SAM errors.

Any ideas, other then burning all three servers down and starting fresh? I don't wan to burn down TS3 as it's our SQL server and have a lot of work already tied up into it.

Thanks,

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by bruce

Dear C. Jenkins,

Sounds like a mess. Unlike what it says in the documentation, I have never successfully seized the FSMO roles. COnsidering the time already wasted in futzing, I would try to blow out and redo from scratch.

The question is can the SQL box be DCPromo'd down to a standalone server, while you build the new domain? I hate to ask, but do you have a good backup of the NT box while it was still good?

If so, perhaps restore onto a clean box (on separate, test network), then upgrade that box to 2000. If that works, join the SQL box to the new domain, and verify correct DNS function.

I've done numerous 2000 networks, and I believe that once they get messed up, that entries are written to the registry that are not properlycleansed when for instance you DCPromo to demote a box. Time to bite the bullet. If there is any upside to this, you will be happy with 2000 once it works right.

Good luck,

Bruce Freilich
MCSE 2000, Exchange 2000, A+

by cjenkins

Thank you for your reply, however the owner of the company that we have been dealing with personally came out and worked on the servers. He had to do a lot of Registry editing to completely remove all resemblance of TS2 and then go back in and completely redo the FRS and DNS settings. For now, every thing does appear to be playing well.

Again, I do thank you for your response and time.

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