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promote(8)

NAME

promote - Changes the role of ASU domain controller to either a primary domain controller (PDC) or a backup domain controller (BDC).

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/promote [-d] servername

OPTIONS

-d Demotes a PDC to a BDC.

PARAMETERS

servername Specifies the name of the PDC to demote or the BDC to promote.

DESCRIPTION

Changes the role of an ASU domain controller to either a PDC or BDC. Promoting a BDC does not automatically demote the active PDC, because doing so might disrupt services or active sessions. The promote command fails if it detects an active PDC when promoting a BDC. To promote a BDC to a PDC using the promote command, you must stop the PDC, promote a BDC, and demote the PDC. Alternatively, you can use the promote feature in the Server Manager utility to avoid manually demoting the PDC. You must be logged in as root to use the promote command.

NOTE

You cannot promote or demote a member server. If you want to change a PDC or a BDC to a member server, use either the joindomain or asusetup command.

EXAMPLES

Follow these steps to use the promote command to demote a PDC called server1 and promote a BDC called server2: 1. Log in to the system configured as the PDC (server1) and demote it, for example: # promote -d server1 2. Stop the ASU server, for example: # net stop server 3. Log in to the system configured as the BDC (server2) and promote it, for example: # promote server2 4. Log back in to the system you demoted (server1) and start the ASU server, for example: # net start server

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