Hi,
I have a small network with one Windows 2000 DC. The server recently suffered a severe hardware failure (fortunately the data was backed up) and will not be rejoining the domain.
I have built a new Windows 2003 server that will function as a Domain Controller and handle all the FSMO roles. The server has the same name and IP address as the one it’s replacing. I set it up as the first DC in the forest because I wasn’t sure about whether or not to attempt to seize the FSMO roles (the old DC won’t even boot).
My question is, what should I do with the user profiles that are on the workstations ? Is it just a case of joining the workstations to the domain on the new DC and the profiles function as they did before ?
I’m thinking probably not, that a new user profile will be created. Since I’ve never encountered this situation before, I thought I’d find out from someone that has.
I have no issues with copying the profiles if I need to. I just wanted to know what the scope of the work was and if there were any “Gotchas”.
Many thanks in advance.
Mark