Hi Rod 1) Install DNS with the Windows CD - if you need further instructions, let me know 2) GC - a checkbox in Site and Services - drill down to your site, the server you want to be a GC, on the right pane, NTDS settings, right click and check off "Global Catalog" 3) RID, PDC and Infrastructure - go to AD users and computers, right click on the domain and choose "operations master". Swapping the roles are pretty smooth HTH Russell -----Original Message----- From: Rod Falanga [mailto:rfalanga@xxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 2:19 PM To: WINDOWS2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx I have 7 Windows 2000 Servers in my network. One of them is the PDC =3D emulator, RID and Infrastructure server. Well, something is beginning = =3D to make an awful racket in the beastie (I fear it may be the hard =3D drive). Anyway, because I have several external Windows 9x clients =3D connect to our network, I cannot let the PDC emulator (and other things) =3D fail. =3D20 I've never moved these functions from one domain controller to another, =3D so I want to go over the steps. How do I move: 1) The DNS Server 2) Global Catalog Server 3) PDC Emulator 4) RID 5) Infrastructure from one DC to another DC on my network? (I only have Windows 2000 =3D Servers in the network, running in native mode not mixed mode.) =3DA0 Rod Falanga http://amci.unm.edu =3DA0 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm