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no_reason you are correct i have had to do this recently and that is the way i did it. Like you say renaming a DC is possible using net dom but like you i dont reccommend that at all unless its your last solution! By demoting the old dc the roles will transfer to your second dc and therefore change the name. Then you can rename your new server with the same name and IP as your old one and there you have it a replacement dc with the same name!