[Samba] Replace primary DC

Rowland Penny rpenny at samba.org
Mon Apr 28 17:13:55 UTC 2025


On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:45:37 +0100
Luis Peromarta via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi Adnan,
> 
> Your steps look correct.
> 
> There are no “secondary” or “primary” DCs. All equal except for FSMO
> roles.
> 
> http://samba.bigbird.es/doku.php?id=samba:fsmo-roles
> 
> You do not need to back up sysvol or idmap as they should be already
> synced with other DCs.

You are correct in that sysvol and idmap.ldb could be synced from
another DC, but they could be restored from a backup, what does matter
is that they are the same on all DCs.

Rowland



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