Duplicate Computer Name

[Hick22]

Not sure if this is were this questions belongs, however;

Had to restart a server(Win2000Server)one morning, (runs Websweeper) and on it's way back up it had to run through a check disk. As this was taking a while, we stuck Websweeper on another box, copied over the config for Websweeper from our backup and gave it the same Network ID so users could go through this one.

This all worked fine, however, when it came to returning the original server back to the Network, it was saying that it has a duplicate name. Obviously we took the replacement server off, we deleted it from server manager and we have also tried tried reinstalling Networking and SP3 for Win2000 server.

I did a serach for the MAC address on the network to see if it was still registered somewere but it is not.

Any help ideas would be appreciated as it will save me working this weekend !!!

Many Thanks

 

[bcastner]

Solution: If the duplicate name exists already as a static mapping, you can tombstone or delete the entry. If possible, this should be done at the WINS server that owns the static mapping for the duplicate name record. As a preventive measure, in cases where a static mapping needs to be replaced and updated by a dynamic mapping, you can also enable Overwrite unique static mappings at this server (migrate on) in Replication Partners Properties.

To delete or tombstone an entry in the WINS database

1. Open WINS
2. In the console tree, click Active Registrations.
3. On the Action menu, click either Find by Name or Find by Owner to display the names you want to delete from the database.
4. In the details pane, click the entry you want to delete.
5. You can hold down the CTRL or SHIFT keys to select multiple entries.

On the Action menu, click Delete.
In the Delete Record dialog box, click one of the following options for deleting the selected records:
. Delete the record only from this server.
. Replicate deletion of the record to other servers (tombstone).

Note

To open WINS, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click WINS.

Tombstoning marks records as inactive for a period of time. When the WINS database on this server replicates these records to other WINS servers, the other servers preserve the tombstone state and can eventually remove these entries from a replicated WINS network of server databases.

In step 5, if you click Delete the record only from this server and another WINS server owns the records, then deleted records can reappear after WINS replication occurs with other partner servers. To avoid this, click Replicate deletion of the record to other servers (tombstone).

Once an entry has been tombstoned and its status is replicated to other servers, the tombstoned entries can be removed from WINS, in either of two ways:
. Automatically, using the Extinction Interval, which is set from the Intervals tab in WINS server properties.
. Manually, by performing a scavenging operation.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/sag_wins_tro_replication.htm