3.11. Moving a Domain Controller to a Different Site
Problem
You want to move a domain controller to a different site.
Solution
Using a graphical user interface
Open the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in.
In the left pane, expand the site that contains the domain controller.
Expand the
Servers
container.Right-click on the domain controller you want to move and select Move.
In the Move Server box, select the site to which the domain controller will be moved and click OK.
Using a command-line interface
When using the dsmove
command you must specify the
DN of the object you want to move. In this case, it needs to be the
distinguished name of the server
object for the
domain controller. The value for the -newparent
option is the distinguished name of the Servers
container you want to move the domain controller to.
> dsmove "<ServerDN>
" -newparent "<NewServersContainerDN>
"
For example, the following command would move dc2 from the
Default-First-Site-Name
site to the
Raleigh
site.
> dsmove "cn=dc2,cn=servers,cn=Default-First-Site-Name,cn=sites,cn=configuration,[RETURN]
rallencorp" -newparent "cn=servers,cn=Raleigh,cn=sites,cn=configuration,rallencorp"
Using VBScript
' This code moves a domain controller to a different site ' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------ strDCName = "<DomainControllerName>
" ' e.g. dc2 strCurrentSite = "<CurrentSiteName>
" ' e.g. Default-First-Site-Name strNewSite = "<NewSiteName>
" ' e.g. Raleigh ' ------ END CONFIGURATION --------- strConfigDN = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE").Get("configurationNamingContext") ...
Get Active Directory Cookbook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.