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Re: need a little help demoting old DC

 
 
Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
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      05-06-2010
Hello jjj0923,

Make sure in ESM console that the Recipient update service uses the new DC
and not the old one.

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> Phillip Windell;4933024 Wrote:
>
>> "jjj0923" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>
>>> I unplugged the old dc and we could still login, but our exchange
>>>

>> server
>>
>>> would not authenticate us, so I had to plug it back in temporarily.
>>>

>> any
>>
>>> ideas why?
>>>
>>> ps: the exchange server points to the newest DC as it's primary dns
>>> server
>>>

>> Make sure in the Exchange's TCP/IP specs that it points to a
>> remaining
>> *live* AS/DNS and WINS,..and that they are the first listed.
>> Exchange
>> 5.5
>> likes "Netbios",...it loves WINS Servers.
>> --
>> Phillip Windell

> nothing exciting to report. ip of newest dc was first entry in dns. no
> wins configured on exchange 5.5 box. There was never an entry for WINS
> on our exchange server.
>
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