Hi,
I am currently going through a renaming process where I need to change the name of my Primary DC to the name of the old primary which has been totally removed from the network and AD.
I found this page on renaming: http://www.petri.co.il/rename-windows-server-2008-domain-controllers.htm
and used this command:
NETDOM computername KUKU-SERVER.PETRI.LOCAL /add:DC-SERVER.PETRI.LOCAL
which works totally and I can see the secondary name in ADSIEdit.msc by right clicking on the computer, selecting properties and viewing the msDS-AdditionalDnsHostName attribute.
The problem which I haven't been able to work out is why the next command in the chain is failing:
NETDOM computername KUKU-SERVER.PETRI.LOCAL /makeprimary:DC-SERVER.PETRI.LOCAL
basically the CLI comes out with the fact that it has failed and that it's unable to make the new name the primary then states "The error is:"
which is totally blank..... ??
The old server name running on a Windows 2003 server has been totally removed from the Domain Controllers list in: Active Directory Computers and Users and also the DNS records seem to have updated correctly pointing the new name to the current IP address.....
I am running Server 2008 R2 for this and I'm guessing I missed a step somewhere although I can't work out what as I can't find any documentation on it!!
If anyone can give any advise or help that would be really great.
Thanks!
