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Installing and uninstalling Server for NIS

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2

Installing and uninstalling Server for NIS

The NIS domain

Upon installation, Server for NIS creates a Network Information Service (NIS) domain with the same name as the Active Directory domain. Administrators can add users, groups, or computers to this domain. Moreover, administrators can migrate UNIX NIS domain data to Server for NIS and designate the Server for NIS computer as the master NIS server for the migrated domain.

Uninstalling in master mode

If you uninstall Server for NIS while it is running on a master server, you must verify that another server takes over the tasks of the master server. If other Windows-based subordinate (also known as slave) NIS servers are in the domains supported by the master server you uninstall, you must assign one of these servers the role of master server. Server for NIS cannot be a subordinate server to a master NIS server running on a UNIX operating system.

Uninstalling in subordinate mode

If you uninstall Server for NIS running as a subordinate server, the domain controller on which it was running will continue to receive NIS map updates through Active Directory Synchronization.