[THIN] Replacing DCs in a Citrix farm
- From: "Wilson, Tyfanie" <twilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 11:18:10 -0600
Hello again:
So the new server hardware has come in (Thanks for everyone's previous hardware
input), and now I have to plan switching over the entire farm. The 4 W2K Citrix
MF 1.8 servers I plan to do first, and I can handle pretty well, but I am
feeling pretty shaky about replacing the DC's. I have found a wealth of
information on thethin already, but I was hoping for some pointers:
Current setup: 2DC's, upgraded from NT4 to W2K long ago, and so still named
PDC & BDC. Running: DNS, DHCP, AD
Current plan: First: Demote the old BDC and remove it from the network (reset
AD), install new BDC & DCpromo it. This will replicate the AD from the PDC.
Question #1: Will it replicate the DNS when it does the AD?
Question #2: Do the Domain (controller) Security policies get copied during
this?
Question #3: Can I run in Native mode if I have w98 machines on the network
(not a citrix connection, a network connected computer), but everything else is
W2K, XP, Linux? (All of the servers are W2K, I'm betting it's already in
Native mode. How can I tell, btw?)
Next: Install Term Serv licensing on BDC. Switch over the FSMO roles from PDC
to BDC, set BDC to run the Global Catalog, unpromote old PDC & unplug it from
network (reset AD for PDC on BDC),
Question #4: Currently, both servers are running the Global Catalog. Is this
a good practice to continue?
Question #5: What problems will PDC have with Terminal Services licensing
being on the BDC while it's offline? (I assume you just can't log in through
Term Services.)
Last: Plug in new PDC, dcpromo it thus copying over AD & DNS, switch back over
the FSMO Roles & include it on the Global Catalog, set up DHCP, set shared
folders for Citrix user Profiles & Home directories.
This skips a few steps like OS install, SP's, some .bat files, but does anyone
see something I have overlooked, or know of some good sites that I should look
at before going through with this?
Thanks in advance,
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