Re: Problems renaming a domain

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From: Stephen Aldous (steve_at_stephenaldous.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:09:54 +0100

How do I get it to this state? I have already raised the domain level in AD
computers & trusts and it still gives this error.

"Mark Dormer" <markd@mvpsx.org> wrote in message
news:%23jJpx6RkEHA.704@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> The domain needs to be at the Windows Server 2003 forest functional level
>
> http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Domain-Rename.html
>
> Regards
> Mark Dormer
>
>
> "Stephen Aldous" <steve@stephenaldous.com> wrote in message
> news:41376484$0$52139$65c69314@mercury.nildram.net...
> >I have one Win2003 server which is a Domain controller and the root of
the
> > forest with Exhange 2003 SP1 installed
> >
> > I have one Win2003 server which is a member server of the domain.
> >
> > There are no other servers / forests etc.. on my network. This is all I
> > have.
> >
> > I run rendom /list from my member server when logged in as the domain
> > admin
> > and get the following error:
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > The Behaviour version of the Forest is 0 it must be 2 or greater to
> > perform
> > a domain rename: Win32 Error 8245 :8245
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > How do I fix this?
> >
> >
>
>

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