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Hi all, We have a Samba AD DC service running on Ubuntu 16.0.4 with Samba 4.3.11. We are planning to upgrade it to a recent version, probably 4.8.3. I think that I have two options: a) Package upgrade via 3rd party repositories (Louis Van Belle's repo) by following wiki. b) A fresh install of 4.8.3 on another VM then join it to 4.3.11 as backup DC, then transfer all FSMO roles on new and

...replicating, etc. 5. Create another same new VM with 4.8.x and join to Domain. Check replication to all 3. 6. POWER OFF the old VM and then do some more testing without it ON. 7. If you ready, start up the old VM and then demote it... check all has gone using RSAT tools (I had to manually remove _loads_ in DNS manually). 8. POWER OFF THE OLD VM, TURN OFF AUTOSTART (or check you have a backup then DELETE it from your VM environment) 9. More checks and then BACKUP both new DCs then come in early on Monday morning to be sure :) Penny, does all that sound OK? Paul