Re: Active Directory Installation Failed

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From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:14:30 -0500

Dalet,

It looks like the 'new' server is able to find a replication partner - in
the proper site? - and everything is running smoothly until it comes to make
the modification.

Try the link that I posted previously and see if that helps you.

Cary

"dalet" <dthibodeaux@theltc.net> wrote in message
news:67BB56DC-B7C8-4691-87BA-0B9173A700AA@microsoft.com...
> This is what is in my dcpromo log
>
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Promotion request for replica domain controller
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DnsDomainName lafayette.tec.la.us
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] ReplicaPartner (NULL)
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] SiteName (NULL)
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DsDatabasePath C:\WINNT\NTDS, DsLogPath
C:\WINNT\NTDS
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] SystemVolumeRootPath C:\WINNT\SYSVOL
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Account lafayette.tec.la.us\administrator
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Options 196
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validate supplied paths
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is a directory
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is a directory
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\SYSVOL.
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on an NTFS volume
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Start the worker task
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Request for promotion returning 0
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Searching for a domain controller for the domain
lafayette.tec.la.us that contains the account LTCL$
>
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Located domain controller
LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us for domain lafayette.tec.la.us
>
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Using site Default-First-Site-Name for server
\\LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us
>
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Forcing time sync
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Forcing a time synch with
\\LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us
>
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Setting machine account to be DC
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Configuring the server account
>
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Searching for the machine account for LTCL$ on
\\LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us...
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Configuring the server account
>
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] NtdsSetReplicaMachineAccount returned 58
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DsRolepSetMachineAccountType returned 58
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Error - Failed to modify the necessary properties
for the machine account LTCL$
> (58)
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] The attempted domain controller operation has
completed
>
> 03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DsRolepSetOperationDone returned 0
>