ChrisH Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 In the summer I will be renaming the domain to reflect our external domain name change. I have read all the documentation and I am gearing up to do a test rename using a 2 virtual machines. I am just looking for any tips off anyone thats done this already, regarding anything to look out for. It should be pretty straight forward for me as there is no Exchange installed (yet). Cheers Chris
Geoff Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 Exchange died a horrible death when we did it here at Carr Hill. Other than that it was fairly painless.
Mungo Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 It's a doddle on 2k3 server (inbuilt, part of the furniture, Start, Programs, Admin Tools, Rename my Domain)......sods law tells me you are only asking because you are not on 2k3. If you are on 2k3 then try this as a double check http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/domainrename.mspx If you are not on 2k3 and they have no backoffice apps on them (Exchange, SQL etc) then it may be a good opportunity to blow them away and upgrade them. (Renaming 2k domains is a bit of a finger-cross and dice roll of a double six to proceed. You may have to rebuild them anyway) 2k3 server is well worth the bit of extra effort in terms of functionality and an easier life!
Mungo Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 Sorry Chris I was being flippant about the Start>Programs thing. It doesnt exist. Microsoft seem to have a 'wizard' for everything these days. Follow the link in my previous post and work through the step by step guide on the right hand side of the page. (In fact read the 'How it works' doc first as this is a good indicator of the process involved and what to expect) They are command line tools but they do work. Obviously a couple of good backups and a spare pair of pants goes without saying. We have done it a couple of times on 2k3 (even with Exchange loaded) and it does work but take no chances with it as the reason I was being flippant is that it is quite an involved process made easy by a couple of command line tools. It was impossible on Win2k with AD, you had to rebuild the box. Sorry for the mislead....
ChrisH Posted June 16, 2005 Author Posted June 16, 2005 Ah right np. I have all the other stuff was just looking for some info from people that have tried it. Sounds like it should go ok
Mungo Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 I am sure you'll be fine, its all in the prep work and knowing whats on your box. And as all of us good people are non-teaching staff, we will be in over the holiday anyway!
mrtechsystems Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 yeah its all in the prep work and knowing what is going I agree with with what Mungo I will be in over the hoildays if you need me I got 60 workstation to put in I am sure I could take a break and help u out chris if u need it m8
ChrisH Posted June 17, 2005 Author Posted June 17, 2005 Thanks for the offer but I'm sure I will be ok. I just wanted to know any pitfalls to look out for is all. I will be having a trial run on my test setup to make doubley sure
ChrisH Posted July 5, 2005 Author Posted July 5, 2005 All done and dusted now . I did a test on a virtual PC setup first then went at the real thing. The only problem I had is it seemed to clear all the users logon script entry but I soon fixed that . Time for Exchange now.
Geoff Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 When we renamed the domain at carrhill Exchange was very ill afterwards, we reinstalled. I also had to fix up samba on a couple of linux boxes but there was only a couple of changes to the smb.conf needed and a restart of samba.
ChrisH Posted July 5, 2005 Author Posted July 5, 2005 I cant see any problems. I have tried various user accounts and such and everything seems fine. Wasnt Carhills problems exchange related as well though?
Geoff Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 Yes. There was stuff in the AD Schema and a very broken Exchange install on a W2k3 domain controller.
RobC Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 Just been doing some late-night surfing on msexchange.org and came across this, which may be of use for some people... Rename a Domain with Exchange installed
tarquel Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 nice site (tho the article aint of interest to me really) - looks good for loadsa info on exchange [2.32am - thats not late night lol ;)] Regards Nath
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now