Can a new PDC replicate with existing BDC?

[Guest Krykino]

I need to repartition my W2K which is PDC and of course I have created IDR

for it. I need to have a backup plan in case the IDR restoration failed.

Therefore, I plan to manually reinstall the drivers, OS and promote it into

PDC, and configure the AD sites and services in order it can synchronize the

AD and group policy with the existing BDC (W2K3). My question is, can the

synchronization be done with that way?

 

The way of demoting a PDC to BDC is to change the PolSrvRo registry under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SECURITY\Policy from 3 to 2. Unfortunately, the PolSrvRo

is not found. Do I have to create a key with the same name and add a value

for it?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Guest me]

Re: Can a new PDC replicate with existing BDC?

 

Krykino wrote:

> I need to repartition my W2K which is PDC and of course I have created IDR

> for it. I need to have a backup plan in case the IDR restoration failed.

> Therefore, I plan to manually reinstall the drivers, OS and promote it into

> PDC, and configure the AD sites and services in order it can synchronize the

> AD and group policy with the existing BDC (W2K3). My question is, can the

> synchronization be done with that way?

>

> The way of demoting a PDC to BDC is to change the PolSrvRo registry under

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SECURITY\Policy from 3 to 2. Unfortunately, the PolSrvRo

> is not found. Do I have to create a key with the same name and add a value

> for it?

>

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

if you need to transfer a FSMO role us ntdsutil to do it, or use the

gui. transfer the role, do the work and transfer it back again.

 

you don't promote to a PDC you can only seize or transfer the role.

[Guest me]

Re: Can a new PDC replicate with existing BDC?

 

Krykino wrote:

> I need to repartition my W2K which is PDC and of course I have created IDR

> for it. I need to have a backup plan in case the IDR restoration failed.

> Therefore, I plan to manually reinstall the drivers, OS and promote it into

> PDC, and configure the AD sites and services in order it can synchronize the

> AD and group policy with the existing BDC (W2K3). My question is, can the

> synchronization be done with that way?

>

> The way of demoting a PDC to BDC is to change the PolSrvRo registry under

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SECURITY\Policy from 3 to 2. Unfortunately, the PolSrvRo

> is not found. Do I have to create a key with the same name and add a value

> for it?

>

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

if you need to transfer a FSMO role us ntdsutil to do it, or use the

gui. transfer the role, do the work and transfer it back again.

 

you don't promote to a PDC you can only seize or transfer the role.

[Guest Iain]

Re: Can a new PDC replicate with existing BDC?

 

Hi

 

May I ask are you wishing to Join your W2K server to W3k Domain in same

forest?

 

W2k does not act like NT4 in the way PDC & BDC but uses active directory

replication in either transative or non-transative trust methods.

 

You may add the W2k server as a member server in the same domain which will

replicate active directory and you may apply load balancing across the 2

servers.

 

Each server is capable of domain authentication should either fail. You may

also include replication of directories to duplicate data held on either

server.

 

Also I have succesfully in the past added new drives to W2K server ..

promoted to dynamic disks and expanded partions over the new disks and with

reputable disk management programs expanded the boot volume.

 

Hope this helps.

--

Iain Marshall

MCSE MCSA MCPs MCP

 

 

"me" wrote:

> Krykino wrote:

> > I need to repartition my W2K which is PDC and of course I have created IDR

> > for it. I need to have a backup plan in case the IDR restoration failed.

> > Therefore, I plan to manually reinstall the drivers, OS and promote it into

> > PDC, and configure the AD sites and services in order it can synchronize the

> > AD and group policy with the existing BDC (W2K3). My question is, can the

> > synchronization be done with that way?

> >

> > The way of demoting a PDC to BDC is to change the PolSrvRo registry under

> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SECURITY\Policy from 3 to 2. Unfortunately, the PolSrvRo

> > is not found. Do I have to create a key with the same name and add a value

> > for it?

> >

> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> if you need to transfer a FSMO role us ntdsutil to do it, or use the

> gui. transfer the role, do the work and transfer it back again.

>

> you don't promote to a PDC you can only seize or transfer the role.

>

[Guest Krykino]

Re: Can a new PDC replicate with existing BDC?

 

thanks Iain and me!!!!