[Samba] Moving a DC...

[Marco Gaiarin]

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> This probably should work, only way to find out is to try it. Create a new
> VM and try and join it to your AD domain as a DC. If it works (and I can see
> no reason why it shouldn't) then transfer all the FSMO roles to the DC
> running in the VM, demote all the other DC's and shut them down, never to
> restart them.

I prefere NOT to do this because this will involve changing on al other
network setup server names and DNS, so i'm asking a 'in place' (same
name, same IP) move.


> You could also try backing up the domain with the samba-tool backup tools
> and then restoring to a new DC in a VM.

Oh! Never minded about that! Thanks for the hint!

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