[Samba] Upgraing a DC using the 'DC rejoin' method

[Rowland penny]

On 18/09/2019 12:34, Roy Eastwood via samba wrote:
> I used the DC rejoin method as described in the WiKi to upgrade one of my DCs to version 4.11.0.   Following the steps, when I came
> to rejoin the domain, it initially failed, complaining that the DC already existed, but to force the rejoin, remove the files:
> secrets.ldb and secrets.tdb.   I assume you don't demote the DC before the upgrade, as there's no mention of this?   Anyway, I
> removed (actually renamed to .bak) those files and also smb.conf and repeated the rejoin command.    This time it succeeded and
> after correcting errors with samba-tool dbcheck for the new join all looks OK.

You cannot join something that AD still thinks is joined, that is why I 
think that calling it a rejoin is a misnomer.

You need to demote the DC, clean up the Samba directories, upgrade Samba 
and then join it as a DC again. All you would retain is the hostname and IP.

>
> Does the WikI need updating or did I miss something?
>
Yes, the wiki needs updating and no, you didn't miss anything.

Rowland