Renaming a domain controller in this way may result in Active Directory replication latency, making it more difficult for clients to locate or authenticate the domain controller under its new name so the recommended method to rename the domain controller is using the command netdom. Lets see how to do this,. Right click My computer and select properties. Click Change settings and change button from System properties window. Now you will receive the warning message as below and click OK to continue with rename operation.
Edit the text box under computer name and you have to click OK button to apply the changes. Restart the domain controller to take effect the changes and this completes the process. You May Also Like. Livin Jose. You can follow the below article for domain controller rename, but try to test in a lab first. I used netdom utility.
Marked as answer by brgnewman Monday, August 22, AM. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Saturday, August 20, PM. Thank you guys for your support; the DC rename was successful used the Petri article Awinish posted. Monday, August 22, AM. I also restarted the Active Directory Domain Services manually the service restarted successfully without those errors. Any ideas to resolve these issues?
This computer is now hosting the specified directory instance, but Active Directory Web Services could not service it. Active Directory Web Services will retry this operation periodically. The DFS Replication service failed to contact domain controller to access configuration information. Replication is stopped. The computer will reboot After reboot completes, you can check a few places to verify the domain controller is no longer listed.
AD Sites and Services: Expand your site, you should see a list of current domain controllers here. Here are some useful articles on these topics: Microsoft: Server , How to demote a DC using Server Manager or Powershell Technet: Server R2 Manually removing a domain controller from AD that was not demoted properly Microsoft Server R2: Manually seizing operations master roles Now to rename the previously domain controller! Reboot as prompted. Make sure replication completes and your other domain controllers know that the computer name has changed before proceeding.
If so, you should see an alert in server manager on the top-right corner. Click it, you will be prompted to promote this server to a domain controller. Select Role-based or feature-based installation and click Next Select this server and click Next. If prompted to install dependencies such as management tools , say Yes, click Add Features and continue… Skip the features page and click Next Active Directory Domain Services information page displays. Click Next. Confirmation displays.
Allow the server to restart automatically if needed. Click Install. Click Close. Give it 20 minutes or so.. When you click it, you will see Additional steps are required to make this machine a domain controller. Follow this link and select promote this server to a domain controller. Verify the correct domain is listed and a domain admin is listed for the credentials and click Next.
Domain controller options displays. Enter a directory services restore mode password and make a note of it.
DNS options displays: You may get a warning that the delegation for this DNS server cannot be created… that is very normal. Additional options displays. You should be able to leave Install from media unchecked. Replication from: pick your best domain controller or the one with the best network connection. Prerequisites check: Warnings are normal, especially regarding domain functional level, delegation for DNS, and security.
Errors are not normal. Click Install if everything looks OK. The server will reboot. After reboot, give the server some time to replicate active directory and DNS 30 minutes to an hour. You may want to reboot again for good measure. Remove the secondary DNS server. Test your ability to resolve internal and external DNS ping google. This means a user account that has never logged on to that workstation before.
It is normal to see one of these per reboot. If you see many, there is a problem. To rename a DC using netdom commands, perform the following steps: Make a full backup or image of your domain controller! Open an administrative command prompt on the target DC. I would skip the FQDN unless you have multiple domains in your forest, or your netdom is having trouble resolving the names without it.
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