Paul- I use http://blogs.technet.com/b/glennl/archive/2009/08/21/w2k3-to-w2k8-active-directory-upgrade-considerations.aspx and the TechNet article Glen refers to in the blog post.
In a very simple environment it could be very straight forward, if there is any complexity involved you could run into the gotchas in the 2 articles above. They are complied from real-world PSS cases. Worth taking a look and ruling out any of the issues so there's no CLM involved. --bob From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 5:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Introducing 2008 R2 DC into Domain? I need to promote a 2008 R2 box to be my first 2008 R2 DC in a native 2003 forest/domain. I've found a few guides but I'd appreciate any first-hand feedback from anyone who's had any gotcha's etc. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/archive/2010/02/10/upgrading-an-active-directory-domain-from-windows-server-2003-to-windows-server-2008-or-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx Suggests that it should be as straightforward as running the adprep steps followed by dcpromo, but of course things aren't always straightforward. Thanks, Paul ________________________________ MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
