I have a problem.
In an multisite network with 17 DC I have the first DC that we installed(DC01),(the one holding PDC role, RID pool manager and the Infrastructure owner role) crashed.
I rebuilt it but I haven’t promote it yet to DC.
My questions is how to proceed next.
Will it work if I just promote to be DC considering that have exactly the same FQDN name? My guess is not because of SID but don’t know for sure.
On the hand Microsoft advice to seize ( force transfer) those roles to another DC. But it also says that if we do so, the crashed DC (DC01) should no be bring back to the network (the old one must never come up again). What this exactly means?, Does it mean that I can not use that machine at all? I doubt it, does it mean that that server can’t be brought back with the same FQDN?
It would important for me to have that machine on the network with he same name because of an application that looks for file in that server, can I have that machine with the same name but don’t promote it to a DC and transfer the roles to another DC.
I am really in pickle 🙂
Thanks
Rezuma