Hi! Everyone, i am working on a test scenario in a Lab. The scenario is that i have two domain controllers, primary domain controller (DC1) and Additional domain controller (ADC). My primary domain controller(DC1) is dead beyond recovery, after i seize FSMO roles and make my Additional domain controller (ADC) as domain controller, can i install a brand new server and make that new server as primary domain controller by assigning it the same name as initially my DC1 had? or will the new server be introduced as ADC (Additional Domain Controller) in my environment and previous ADC will automatically become Primary Domain controller?
How i am going to add this new server in my domain? Can i assign new server the same name, IP address, Subnet mask etc as initially assigned to my Primary Domain controller or do i need to assign new name to this new server? How will it impact my environment. Also do i need to change my ADC name to DC1 after making it PDC?
What is the best and safest approach to deal with this scenario?