Windows 2000 to 2003 domain Upgrade

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Hi,

I'm in the process of upgrading our domain from W2000 to W2003. Before
any upgrade tasks I had 2 x W2000 DC's. One of these servers was the
only DNS server in this domain.

So far all I have done is performed a DCPromo on a W2003 server
(following a forest and domain prep). Also I have installed DNS on the
new W2003 DC.

My query relates to Domain Trusts and how the might be effected by
this upgrade. Configured on the W2000 server is an "incoming trust" to
an external domain where we have access to a shared folder on a
server. From an AD perspective there are no other connectivity to the
external domain.

With the view of gradually retiring the W2000 server that was acting
also as a DNS server I changed the IP address to the W2000 to
something else and changed the address of the new W2003 DC/DNS server
to the address once held by the W2000 server (This way there was no
need to change IP configs on the client systems)

Everything worked fine (Internet, email etc) except for access to the
Shared folder in the External Domain. After this IP swap, when I tried
to connect to the shared folder I receive an error "There are
Currently no Logon Servers available to service the logon request"

When I swap the IP's back I can connect to the shared folder in the
Trusting Domain again without any problems.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Paul
 
RE: Windows 2000 to 2003 domain Upgrade

Hi PMC1,
I would try to delete the external trust and recreate in on new W2K3 DC.
Maybe that will help.

"PMC1" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm in the process of upgrading our domain from W2000 to W2003. Before
> any upgrade tasks I had 2 x W2000 DC's. One of these servers was the
> only DNS server in this domain.
>
> So far all I have done is performed a DCPromo on a W2003 server
> (following a forest and domain prep). Also I have installed DNS on the
> new W2003 DC.
>
> My query relates to Domain Trusts and how the might be effected by
> this upgrade. Configured on the W2000 server is an "incoming trust" to
> an external domain where we have access to a shared folder on a
> server. From an AD perspective there are no other connectivity to the
> external domain.
>
> With the view of gradually retiring the W2000 server that was acting
> also as a DNS server I changed the IP address to the W2000 to
> something else and changed the address of the new W2003 DC/DNS server
> to the address once held by the W2000 server (This way there was no
> need to change IP configs on the client systems)
>
> Everything worked fine (Internet, email etc) except for access to the
> Shared folder in the External Domain. After this IP swap, when I tried
> to connect to the shared folder I receive an error "There are
> Currently no Logon Servers available to service the logon request"
>
> When I swap the IP's back I can connect to the shared folder in the
> Trusting Domain again without any problems.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
>
>
 
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