Am 13.08.19 um 17:52 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger via samba:> Am 13.08.19 um 08:20 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger via samba: >> Am 12.08.19 um 17:07 schrieb L.P.H. van Belle via samba: >>> Hai Stefan, >>> >>> Why make DC2 a member?? >>> Leave it as is, setup a new member, much better, and i'll bet less work/stress. >> >> In fact it's even DC1 but anyway: because of the hardware. Specific RAID >> arrays etc needed for backups and snapshots. > > I assume I should maybe move the FSMO roles at *first* ? The DC to be > removed here was the initial DC so it has these roles assigned. > > After that I would add DC3, let it sync etc ... then demote DC1 and > after tests with DC2 und DC3 (DC2=DC1new, DC3=DC2new ;-)) > scratch/archive DC1:/var/lib/samba and set up a DM on that hardware > based on the same smb.conf as on the current first DM/fileserver. > > All this will happen in a few weeks or so, time enough to think about > it, prepare and enjoy the thrill :-Padded third DC 2 hrs ago, copied idmap.ldb etc as mentioned AD is synced (showrepl), sysvol-rsync works, looks good PCs already are told to use it as DNS now my next step is demoting the old DC1, I will follow https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Demoting_a_Samba_AD_DC after that this former DC should become a plain DM file server Should I rm /var/lib/samba before editing smb.conf and re-joining?
On 29/08/2019 16:57, Stefan G. Weichinger via samba wrote:> Am 13.08.19 um 17:52 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger via samba: >> Am 13.08.19 um 08:20 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger via samba: >>> Am 12.08.19 um 17:07 schrieb L.P.H. van Belle via samba: >>>> Hai Stefan, >>>> >>>> Why make DC2 a member?? >>>> Leave it as is, setup a new member, much better, and i'll bet less work/stress. >>> In fact it's even DC1 but anyway: because of the hardware. Specific RAID >>> arrays etc needed for backups and snapshots. >> I assume I should maybe move the FSMO roles at *first* ? The DC to be >> removed here was the initial DC so it has these roles assigned. >> >> After that I would add DC3, let it sync etc ... then demote DC1 and >> after tests with DC2 und DC3 (DC2=DC1new, DC3=DC2new ;-)) >> scratch/archive DC1:/var/lib/samba and set up a DM on that hardware >> based on the same smb.conf as on the current first DM/fileserver. >> >> All this will happen in a few weeks or so, time enough to think about >> it, prepare and enjoy the thrill :-P > added third DC 2 hrs ago, copied idmap.ldb etc as mentioned > > AD is synced (showrepl), sysvol-rsync works, looks good > > PCs already are told to use it as DNSSo far, so good ;-)> > now my next step is demoting the old DC1, I will follow > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Demoting_a_Samba_AD_DC > > after that this former DC should become a plain DM file server > > Should I rm /var/lib/samba before editing smb.conf and re-joining?Just remove the .tdb & .ldb files and any cache files, do not remove the main directory structure (except for sysvol etc). Rowland
Am 29.08.19 um 18:10 schrieb Rowland penny via samba:>> after that this former DC should become a plain DM file server >> >> Should I rm /var/lib/samba before editing smb.conf and re-joining? > > Just remove the .tdb & .ldb files and any cache files, do not remove the > main directory structure (except for sysvol etc).ok, will try in about 30mins thanks!