We will be retiring a W2K DC sometime soon and I'd like to get some feedback on how to replace this server. Basically the current DC is about 4 years old, and is on a server that's about 6 or 7 years old.
It will be replaced with a new HP Compaq DL380 server. It's only role is as a DC and a DNS box at our disaster recovery location. It is connected to production via a T1, sitting on a separate segment in the LAN.
My Questions:
1) Can I just down the old one, give the new one the same name as the old one, without having to rebuild intersite replication?
2) Should I just give the new dc a new name, and have automatically build intersite replication?
If anyone has experience doing this, I'd appreciate the feedback.
Carpe diem, procrastination is the thief of time...
It will be replaced with a new HP Compaq DL380 server. It's only role is as a DC and a DNS box at our disaster recovery location. It is connected to production via a T1, sitting on a separate segment in the LAN.
My Questions:
1) Can I just down the old one, give the new one the same name as the old one, without having to rebuild intersite replication?
2) Should I just give the new dc a new name, and have automatically build intersite replication?
If anyone has experience doing this, I'd appreciate the feedback.
Carpe diem, procrastination is the thief of time...
