Re: A real tough one with DCPromo

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I am in the process but wanted to clarify as I am rebooting. You want me
to
set the Primarty DNS of dc1 to itself? x.x.0.2? Should I put a secondary
DNS
of the router or anything?


if you want to provide internet access you should use forward tab on DNS
properties to configure your router ipaddress or your ISP DNS SERVER.

Then you said " Make sure that DC1 has DNS forward lookup zone Active
Directory integrated." I'm not really sure what this means? If it
doesn't
have one how do I create it?

Go to your zone properties and in the type ofzone hit the button change, and
change it to ad integrated.

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I hope that the information above helps you

Good Luck
Jorge Silva
MCSA
Systems Administrator

"Jamie" <Jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK so

dc1 = x.x.0.2
dc2 = x.x.0.3

I am in the process but wanted to clarify as I am rebooting. You want me
to
set the Primarty DNS of dc1 to itself? x.x.0.2? Should I put a secondary
DNS
of the router or anything?

Then you said " Make sure that DC1 has DNS forward lookup zone Active
Directory integrated." I'm not really sure what this means? If it
doesn't
have one how do I create it?


"Jorge Silva" wrote:

It seems that I'm out the base here, please clarify me

the old server has an IP of x.x.0.2 and the server has a DNS of x.x.0.2

Old server? - The old server is online right? and it's functioning well
right? and it has that IPAddress x.x.0.2

I have recreated the DNS on the new server but am not sure what you
mean
by
replicate.

You don't need to create any zone on the new server. You only need to
install DNS service on the new server.

I have created new zones on each and tried with no luck, then I
changed the NS and the SOA to point to the old server and tried with
the
same
results. Could you be more specific. I have promoted a few servers
before
but that is the extent of my knowledge. Thanks in advance.

Ok lets go.

Lets assume the "old" server as DC1 with IP = 10.0.0.2

The server that you want to add as DC2 with IP = 10.0.0.3



- Make sure that DC1 has DNS forward lookup zone Active Directory
integrated.

- Make sure that you have DC1 NIC DNS properties primary server =
10.0.0.2

- Install DNS service on DC2, MAKE the DC2 NIC DNS properties primary
server
= 10.0.0.2

- Run Dcpromo on DC2, choose the option additional Dc on the existent
domain....

- After Dcpromo wizard reboot DC2.

- After the reboot of DC2 wait for replication or use Active directory
Sites
and services to force replication between the 2 DCs.

- On DC2 go to DNS server console and check if the DNS zone has already
been
replicated, if yes, then go to DC2 NIC properties and make DNS primary =
10.0.0.3, and if you want you can also set secondary DNS = 10.0.0.2
(generally this can speed up in the boot process and avoid some startup
errors when AD starts before DNS).

-If needed you can make DC2 a GC (This is especially true if you have
Exchange Server or any other App that needs to contact the GC, or if you
have a DFL later than Windows 2000 Mixed, or more than one Domain)

- Don't forget to configure Sites and services, and related subnets.



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I hope that the information above helps you

Good Luck
Jorge Silva
MCSA
Systems Administrator

"Jamie" <Jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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the old server has an IP of x.x.0.2 and the server has a DNS of x.x.0.2

I have recreated the DNS on the new server but am not sure what you
mean
by
replicate. I have created new zones on each and tried with no luck,
then
I
changed the NS and the SOA to point to the old server and tried with
the
same
results. Could you be more specific. I have promoted a few servers
before
but that is the extent of my knowledge. Thanks in advance.

Jamie

"Jorge Silva" wrote:

On the secondary server place the primary dns server pointing to the
existent DC, Install the DNS on the additional DC, replicate DNS, then
after
the DNS zone has been replicated point the additional DC NIC primary
DNS
pointing to itself again.

--
I hope that the information above helps you

Good Luck
Jorge Silva
MCSA
Systems Administrator

"Jamie" <Jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well I pulled up the tool and can see the lookup zones. Not really
sure
what
I can do from here. I recreated the two zones under the "new"
server
to
match the ones on the "old" server and still getting the same error.
Here
is
how far I get.

1. check the additional domain controller for an existing domain
2. enter username and password
3. I attempt "mydomain.com" and it fails but if I put "mydomain" it
lets
me
to the next screen
4. Next screen I can browse and see "mydomain.com" and select it but
when
I
click next I get the error.

Active directory Installation Wizard

The domain "mydomain.com" cannot be contacted. Ensure that the DNS
domain
name is type correctly. This condition may be caused by a DNS
lookup
problem. If this domain was recently created, its name may not yet
be
registered with the Domain Naming Service.

Please help.

"Jorge Silva" wrote:

Hi

Go to %SystemRoot%\system32\
and look for dnsmgmt.msc

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I hope that the information above helps you

Good Luck
Jorge Silva
MCSA
Systems Administrator

"Jamie" <Jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Here is my situation. I have 1 server that runs my AD. It is
fully
functional exept there is no icons or startbar. It still
performs
everything
I need it to I just can't make any changes. I am trying to do a
DCPROMO
on
another server so it can take over the AD and exchange while I
reload
the
iconless server. I am trying to add the Domain and it is giving
me
a
DNS
error. I can't look at the server to see what the DNS is set to.
I
joined
the Domain just to see if it was available and that worked. But
the
DCPROMO
is not. Please help.











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