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

Rowland penny rpenny at samba.org
Wed Sep 18 12:20:37 UTC 2019


On 18/09/2019 13:11, Roy Eastwood wrote:
> On 18/09/2019 13:10, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
>> 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
> Thanks Rowland.
> Whilst what I did seems to have succeeded, do you think I should repeat the process as you describe - ie demote, clean up and join
> again?
> Roy
>
No, if everything is working, don't tempt fate ;-)

I have updated the wiki page.

Rowland





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