[Samba] replace DC

[Rowland penny]

On 14/05/2021 23:39, Jason Keltz via samba wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have two AD DCs named dc1 and dc2.
>
> dc1 has all the FSMO roles.
>
> If I demote dc2, what happens to the Linux clients that are running 
> winbind and connected to dc2?


Your clients would look for another DC and find and use dc1

>
> Ideally, I'd like to demote dc2, install new dc2, then join dc2 back 
> to the domain.  In theory, it sounds like it should work.  I just 
> won't to create any problems :)

The best plan would be to give the new DC a different name, after all, 
what is in a name.

Rowland