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Re: 2008 domain controller rename

 
 
Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
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      12-08-2009
Hello RC,

Even if renaming is supported i would try to avoid this in any case.

Also you should follow exactly the steps described in:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...51(WS.10).aspx

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> I believe I resolved the issue:
>
> After renaming the DC, the following attribute had a value with the
> old name (msDS-AdditionalDnsHostName). i remove the value and
> restarted the ADDS services. so far so good.
>
> not sure why the rename went so sloppy. I used the netdom command and
> everything changed without any problems whatsoever. the only issue was
> the amount of time it took to sync throughout the forest. I guess I
> should make a note of this if there is a need to rename another dc.
>



 
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