[Samba] Turning one DC down for a day

Luke Barone lukebarone at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 15:49:35 UTC 2020


It'll be fine

On Mon., Nov. 16, 2020, 1:32 a.m. Stefan G. Weichinger via samba, <
samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

>
>
> I have an FAQ, I assume I know the answer but want to be sure before I
> run into issues:
>
> At one customer they get new network cabling and switching this week.
>
> This means that the connection between the 2 floors will have to be
> offline as well for some time, while the upper floor should stay active.
>
> I have 2 samba DCs there and plan to move one of them to the upper floor
> for that time ... and the other DC in the ground floor will be turned
> off while work is done.
>
> My question: is there any problem in taking one DC off for a day and
> then reconnect (= turn it on again) it to the domain?
>
> I don't talk of joining, simply turning off and on with some hours of
> downtime.
>
> There won't be any AD-changes from my side, no new users or so, just
> some PCs authenticating.
>
> I assume that this won't do any harm to my AD ;-) ... but I prefer to
> ask in advance.
>
> Thanks for any feedback here.
>
> btw: samba-4.12.10-Debian on the DCs there
>
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