Old Domain Server

[retsamneZ]

Hi All,

I have an old Domain server rex.contoso.com with 3 other servers still on that domain. I would like to shutdown that Domain server and have the 3 remaining servers still be visible on the new domain network rat.infra.com domain without joining them to the new domain. I hope I explained this properly. I want users to be able to go to Microsoft Windows Network and be able to access any of the 3 servers on old domain. Does anybody know how to do that?
Do I need to create on the new Domain and new DNS zone with the old Domain name?

Please help,

Thank you,

Alex.

 

[Davetoo]

If the other three servers are a member of the old domain and there is no trust relationship setup between the domains (which would be broken if you took the DC out of the old domain anyway), then the users on the new domain won't be able to access the old servers anyway.

Bring the old servers into the new domain and be done with it.

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[retsamneZ]

I wish it was that simple. I forgot to mention that Oracle is on the other 3 servers and it's not that simple to join a new domain, because Oracle applications will stop working. Oracle probably has a special procedure to rename everything to new domain name, but I'm trying to avoid that.

Thank you,

Alex.

 

[58sniper]

You're trying to avoid the correct procedure?

Without a trust in place, you're going to have problems getting it to work as you want (if it will at all).

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[Davetoo]

You're going to create bigger problems down the road.

Fix it now, don't try to patch it together. Migrate the Oracle instances to the new domain.

It's pretty simple...you have to have a trust relationship established between the two domains in order for the user to access either domain. However, as soon as you take the DC out of the old domain, then the trust is broken since you've removed the server that the trust relies on. So you can't do that.

Fix the Oracle issue and bring the servers into the new domain.

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

There are no more PDC's! There are DC's with FSMO roles!

 

[retsamneZ]

Currently I have a trust between the 2 Domains, so everything works fine. I'm trying to figure out if I can re-use the Old Domain server for other purposes, it's a good server. And, yes I'm trying to avoid pain at any cost. If you ever deal with oracle applications you know what I'm taking about.

Thanks,

Alex.

 

[retsamneZ]

Ok, guys.

Point well taken, I will migrate the Oracle instances to new domain and the join server to new domain.

Thanks for the discussion.

Alex.