ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO Issue
All- I have a customer who has 2 W2K3 DC's (DC01, DC02) running in their environment. They want to add a new DC and retire one of the previous DC's mentioned. Well, when I run DCPROMO on DC03 it throws me an error message saying I need to run ADprep because the forest is not prepped. Then it proceeds to tell me to run Forestprep and Domain Prep. Has anyone ran into this issue before where there are already 1 or more W2K3 DC's and when you add another it's saying the forest isn't prepped for a W2K3 DC? TIA, John Bowles ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO Issue
Are you using the same media you used for the previous DCs, or are you using the R2 media? From: John Bowles [john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 16:11 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO Issue All- I have a customer who has 2 W2K3 DC’s (DC01, DC02) running in their environment. They want to add a new DC and retire one of the previous DC’s mentioned. Well, when I run DCPROMO on DC03 it throws me an error message saying I need to run ADprep because the forest is not prepped. Then it proceeds to tell me to run Forestprep and Domain Prep. Has anyone ran into this issue before where there are already 1 or more W2K3 DC’s and when you add another it’s saying the forest isn’t prepped for a W2K3 DC? TIA, John Bowles ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO Issue
Yes. If you are using 2003 R2 media on a 2003 no-R2 domain. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO Issue All- I have a customer who has 2 W2K3 DC's (DC01, DC02) running in their environment. They want to add a new DC and retire one of the previous DC's mentioned. Well, when I run DCPROMO on DC03 it throws me an error message saying I need to run ADprep because the forest is not prepped. Then it proceeds to tell me to run Forestprep and Domain Prep. Has anyone ran into this issue before where there are already 1 or more W2K3 DC's and when you add another it's saying the forest isn't prepped for a W2K3 DC? TIA, John Bowles ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO Issue
That was absolutely it. Thanks guys for the reminder.. Sometimes when you're in the weeds you tend to overlook common issues. Thanks again! -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO Issue Yes. If you are using 2003 R2 media on a 2003 no-R2 domain. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO Issue All- I have a customer who has 2 W2K3 DC's (DC01, DC02) running in their environment. They want to add a new DC and retire one of the previous DC's mentioned. Well, when I run DCPROMO on DC03 it throws me an error message saying I need to run ADprep because the forest is not prepped. Then it proceeds to tell me to run Forestprep and Domain Prep. Has anyone ran into this issue before where there are already 1 or more W2K3 DC's and when you add another it's saying the forest isn't prepped for a W2K3 DC? TIA, John Bowles ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
