Feel the Windows 2003 Domain Rename Tool

Domain Rename Tools is a new network maintenance tool that Windows Server 2003 adds to meet user needs. This tool greatly reduces the pressure on the network administrator to perform domain name change operations in the Windows NT and Windows 2000/XP era.

I. Advantages

We can make a simple comparison of domain name changes in Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 to find out the Windows Server 2003 domain rename tool. The advantage lies.

Windows NT: You need to create a new domain and domain controller with different names, and then rebuild the old domain's account database in the new domain.

Windows 2000: You need to create a new domain and domain controller with different names, and then use ADMT (AD database migration tool) to migrate the AD database in the old domain to the new domain. There is no rebuilding compared to the Windows NT era. The cumbersome operation of the database.

Windows Server 2003: You don't have to create a new domain with a different name, and you don't need to rebuild or migrate the AD database. You just need to do a few simple operations with the domain rename tool.

Second, the actual domain name change

Suppose now that shyzhong.com needs to be renamed to lovebook.cn, the specific operation of the name change is as follows:

In “Manage your server&rdquo In the interface, click “Manage this DNS server", then click “DNS→computer name" in the pop-up window, and right click on "forward search area”. In the shortcut menu that pops up, select the “New Zone" item (Figure 1).
Figure 1

Open the "New Zone" wizard, go to the "Region Type" setting box and select the default state. Select the “To all domain controllers in the Active Directery domain shyzhong.com” item after entering the “Active Directery Zone Copy Scope” setting box. Enter the changed domain name in the "Regional Name" box in the next step, such as “lovebook.cn”, and then click the “Next” button. In the "Dynamic Updates" setting box, select the default status to complete the settings. After completing the above operations, it is equivalent to completing the establishment of the destination domain.