[Samba] Unable to transfer ForestDns/DomainDNS

[Jason Waters]

But that wasn't till 4.4? Right?  I don't have that option with my
version.  I guess if I need to I could just spin up a new vm, build the
source, join as DC, and then do that to remove it and the demote the new VM
DC.  Right?

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:

> On 23/06/16 20:37, Jason Waters wrote:
>
>> You said, "From what you posted earlier, the domain already points to the
>> new DC, you just need to get the DNS fsmo roles."
>>
>> how so?  The fsmo show, shows PDC, which is the old DC.  DC01 is the new
>> one.  Or am I missing something else?
>>
>
> bad choice of words, 'you just need to get the DNS fsmo roles' should have
> been 'you just need to ensure the new DC has the DNS fsmo roles'
>
>
>> As far as keeping it online I will just move everything I can and then
>> seize and shut it down.  I can turn off the networking to it since it is a
>> VM and still see some things. Won't the new DC's(DC01,DC02) still have
>> replication information about PDC though?  the seize command wouldn't
>> adjust that?
>>
>>
>>
>>
> True, but 'samba-tool domain demote' now has a new option
> '--remove-other-dead-server' which should remove all info about PDC i.e.
> samba-tool domain demote --remove-other-dead-server=pdc
>
>
> Rowland
>
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