This weekend I'll be upgrading our NT4 domain to a AD with Win2k. I just got a new Dell Poweredge server that will eventually become the primary controller for the AD. Now, I know the usual method for doing this would be to install NT on the new server, make it the PDC for the domain then upgrade but I can't get NT to work on the new server due to some incompatible drivers/hardware. So, the plan was to:
1) Upgrade our current PDC to Win2k
2) Install Win2k on the new server
3) Make the new server the primary controller (ala PDC) on the new AD.
4) Format the old PDC and reinstall Win2k as a member server since it's not going to be a domain controller due to hardware and other software that will run on there
My question is with #3. What all do I need to do to move the primary controller functions to the new server? I know I need to move the PDC emulator over to it, but what else?
Thanks for all your help!
1) Upgrade our current PDC to Win2k
2) Install Win2k on the new server
3) Make the new server the primary controller (ala PDC) on the new AD.
4) Format the old PDC and reinstall Win2k as a member server since it's not going to be a domain controller due to hardware and other software that will run on there
My question is with #3. What all do I need to do to move the primary controller functions to the new server? I know I need to move the PDC emulator over to it, but what else?
Thanks for all your help!