Order of DC + Exchange + File servers


i have newbie general question regarding restarting servers.

which order best restart them maintenance purposes?  all running 2003 server

domain controller handling dns

exchange server handling dhcp

file servers

should wait restart dc last?

it doesn't matter order restart them.  obviously you'll experiencing outage when rebooting of servers need make sure server online before taking 1 down.

you don't need save dc last, life 10x better if stood second one.  directory services pretty important have online.  it'll allow reboot either 1 without breaking dns , authentication.  it can reduce amount of time takes bring dc online.  

stand alone dcs take longer come online if dns not available.  so if have hardware, it's worth making another.

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chris ream



Windows Server  >  Windows Server General Forum



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