Hello:
I need help from an knowledgable expert in Windows networking. In my LAN, I have 5 webservers and one of them is the domain controller. I don't have a backup Domain Controller. The LAN is solely comprised of Windows 2000 Server/Advanced servers. The Domain Controller happens to also be configured as a DNS server.
My problem is that the harddisk (not mirrored -- so I'm SOL) just went belly up. All of the other machines on the LAN are functioning fine, except now they don't have a Domain Controller to keep things synced.
I would like to know if its possible to just build a new Domain Controller and somehow get the other machines to join the new box or, now that the Domain Controller is history and I don't have a backup, will all the other machines forever-more only run in Stand Alone mode.
Need help and advice ASAP. Unfortunately, I'm not a MCSE.
Thanks,
-Mark
I need help from an knowledgable expert in Windows networking. In my LAN, I have 5 webservers and one of them is the domain controller. I don't have a backup Domain Controller. The LAN is solely comprised of Windows 2000 Server/Advanced servers. The Domain Controller happens to also be configured as a DNS server.
My problem is that the harddisk (not mirrored -- so I'm SOL) just went belly up. All of the other machines on the LAN are functioning fine, except now they don't have a Domain Controller to keep things synced.
I would like to know if its possible to just build a new Domain Controller and somehow get the other machines to join the new box or, now that the Domain Controller is history and I don't have a backup, will all the other machines forever-more only run in Stand Alone mode.
Need help and advice ASAP. Unfortunately, I'm not a MCSE.
Thanks,
-Mark