I have a failing DC at one of my satelite offices. I need to replace it with new hardware.
So far, this is where I am at:
- I have the replacement DC up and running.
- All the shares from the old DC have been moved to DFS, but the users are still connecting to the shares on the old server, not the DFS shares.
- The boss would like the new server to be renamed to the old server, if possible.
- All data is replicating from the old DC to the new DC.
- Both servers are 2008 R2 servers.
I know it is possible to rename a DC. I do not know if it is possible to rename a DC while it has DFS targets. Has anyone done this? I am concerned that it will cause all manner of replication/AD issues.
What is the best way to go about this?