The Windows 2000 series called the New Century Operating System will be officially released. After combining the advantages of Winows 9x and Windows NT 4.0, the Windows 2000 series will be presented to us in a new look, combining ease of use, stability, reliability, networking and better compatibility with One body. Windows
be of interest to the majority of enterprise customers 2000 Advanced Server is based on the Windows NT Server 4.0 adds many new features, we are here to talk about one of the main DCPromo command. Windows NT 4.0
familiar friends all know, before you install a Server, the Server role must be planned, and as a PDC (primary domain controller), BDC (Backup Domain Controller) or a Member or Stand-alone Server (member or standalone server). Moreover, it is necessary to plan the logical structure of the network in advance, whether it is composed of a Domain or a Workgroup. If it is a Workgroup, then the Server can only be installed as a Member Server; if it is a Domain, the first Server installed in the Domain must be a PDC, and the future Server can be installed as a BDC or as a Member Server. However, it should be noted that before the BDC is installed, the PDC must already exist in the domain, and there can be only one PDC in one domain. Domain
although when a problem occurs in the PDC, a BDC can lift (the Promote) of PDC, but DC (domain controller, including PDC and BDC) between Member Server and can not interchangeable, That is to say, after installing a Server, if you want to change its function, re-determine its role, change from DC to Member Server, or change from Member Server to DC, the only way is to reinstall Windows. NT. Therefore, the division and management mode of the computer role in NT 4.0 puts higher requirements on the planning of the domain, and also brings great trouble to the maintenance of the domain.
We are very pleased to see, Windows 2000 has been a good solution to this problem. In Windows 2000 Advanced Server, computers no longer distinguish between PDC and BDC. All servers have only DC and Member Server differences. It is also very convenient to convert roles between the two. The tool to do this is the Dcpromo.exe command, which is a command built into Windows 2000 Advanced Server. When
when administrators want to change the role of a Server, just run the Dcpromo command line mode command, Windows 2000 will automatically determine the current role of the computer, and then pop up a Wizard (Wizard) window, guide the user step Complete the conversion between DC and Member Server in one step. Users can also confirm the success of the conversion by looking at the Dcpromo.log log.
In summary, we can see that although only a small Dcpromo command, but it greatly improves the Windows 2000 manageability and ease of use. In fact, this is only a minor improvement in the many advantages of Windows 2000 compared to the previous version of the operating system, but from this we can indeed feel the efforts of Windows 2000 in the development principle as far as possible for the user.