Re: Please help refresh my memory on AD DC

Hi Jorge!

Thanks for jumping in. No this is a Standard Box not a SBS.
Never saw a DC promo go like this one. That is why I posted and of corse my
short time with using one.

Thanks so much!!
Joe

"Jorge Silva" wrote:

Hi Joe,
Sounds that your new DC is an SBS DC, correct?

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I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services

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"Joe" <Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

I am currently using a workgroup infrastructure with 9 servers and I am in
need of changinf it to a AD DC Domain infrastrucrture. However I am a
little
rusty in some areas. I have 4 Server 2003 Enterprise machines and 4 Server
2008 Standard machines. One Linux but that doesn't matter.

1. When I created the domain I used the same name as the server and this
caused the installation wizard to change the NetBIOS name from WEB308 to
WEB3080 The Original name for this server was web308.mydomainname.com and
when I was asked for the FQDN I entered the same thing. This is what
prompted
the NetBIOS change as it told me to avoid conflict with the DC.
2. Ok so when I rebooted the server and it rebooted as a DC I could no
longer access the server by the old administrator password as it was as so

Administratator
password1

I now had to change the password but not for WEB308 it now was WEB3080.
What I am struggling with is there are so many names that I am unsure
which
is the DC and which is just the NetBIOS.

I kinda figured that out as I tried to access old shares that still had
WEB308 as the label . But when prompted I had to use the new WEB3080 and
the
new password for access.

Part two:

Now I have always been confused about what SHOULD you use as a DC FQDN? I
looked in the DNS of the DC ans now thefull computer name is
web308.web308.mdomainname.com

The domain is specified as web308.mydomainname.com. So when joining the
other servers and boxes the name that I should enter is this one correct?


Now that the AD DC was created successfully I wanted to test the "joinng
ablility"
with my XP Pro Laptop

I used the network ID method on the myComputer Properties Computer Name
Tab.

Here is where I get lost.

I joined the domain successfully however I joined the domain using the
administrator and password of the AD DC Server (which I understand is
correct
for the correct rights to add) and it successfully joined but it asked to
add
this user which was me on this XP Pro Laptop. My username and password for
this Laptop.
It failed when I said yes.

I rebooted the XP Laptop and then when I went to join the domain is paused
and looked for a list of domain controllers. It found WEB3080. That
confused
me as I thought that the DC was now web308.mydomainname.com

However I logged on as the administrator of the domain controller and that
was it.
OK fine.

So the real questions lie in the user part of this. thanks for you
patience.

When I go to add the other servers what do I add them as? Do I join the
domain for the other servers with just the administrator of the DC?

Or do I create a user for each server and then log them on?

Thanks very much for this wordy question.

Joseph



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