I am looking for information/procedures for changing the domain for an
existing W2K/SQL2K cluster. The cluster currently is a part of an NT4.0
domain and will be migrating to a W2K AD domain. This seems like it should
be a simple change but I can't seem to find any info or anyone who has done
this. Any assistance/lessons learned would be greatly appreciated. The
process I think should work is below:

1. Move all cluster resources to a node A and stop cluster services on node
B.
2. Stop cluster services on node A
3. Join node A to the W2K AD domain
4. Change the account used for cluster services on node A to be the cluster
account in the new AD domain.
5. Change the account used for SQL services on node A to be the SQL account
in the new AD domain.
6. Start cluster services on node A and bring the cluster back online.
7. Join node B to the W2K AD domain.
8. Change the account used for cluster services on node B to be the cluster
account in the new AD domain.
9. Change the account used for SQL services on node B to be the SQL account
in the new AD domain.
10. Move the node B resources back to node B and test applications.

Jeff Teall

Dude are you in luck.

Changing Domains for a SQL Server 2000 Failover Cluster
http://www.sqljunkies.com/HowTo/14E7...BAB3F0254.scuk

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