RE: [NTISP] PDC/BDC Question

James Cochrane ( james@advsys.co.uk )
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 08:48:12 +0100

SBS has to be the PDC on its domain. As far as I am aware, it is a limiting
factor of using SBS.

One thing I haven't tried is to add the NT Server as a Backup for the SBS
PDC, and then promote the NT Server to PDC...

James.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt A. Butzin [SMTP:kurt@molar.net]
> Sent: 07 July 1999 06:12
> To: ntisp@iea-software.com
> Subject: RE: [NTISP] PDC/BDC Question
>
> I don't think that you can, but you can set up a 2-way trust relationship
> between the two domains and you'll basically have the same thing.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
> [mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Steve Coleman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 12:25 AM
> To: list@inet-access.net; ntisp@iea-software.com
> Subject: [NTISP] PDC/BDC Question
>
>
> I'm networking two offices together that were previously independent
> of each other. One office has NT Server 4.0 with a Primary domain
> controller, and the other office has Small Business Server with a Primary
> domain controller. I tried to change the domain name of the SBS to match
> the NT server. It said "other computers are using this domain". I also
> tried using server manager. It woudn't work because Netlogon fails to
> start due to the detection of an existing PDC. How can I make the SBS
> server join, the NT server's domain?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>

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