Re: W2K to W2k3-R2

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Hello Thomas,

Thanks for your post and thanks Meinolf Weber for the information sharing.
:)

You need to run the Windows Server 2003 R2 version of ADPREP to extend the
schema. To do so, you can run the "adprep.exe /forestprep" command from the
Windows Server 2003 R2 installation disk 2 on the existing DC which holds
the schema master FSMO role. The command is:

Drive:\CMPNENTS\R2\ADPREP\adprep.exe /forestprep

After that, you can check the schema version by using the Adsiedit.exe
utility or the Ldp.exe utility. You can view the objectVersion attribute in
the properties of the cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=<domain> partition. The
value of the objectVersion attribute are in decimal.

Schema Version ObjectVersion values and corresponding operating system
support level

o 13=Microsoft Windows 2000
o 30=Original release version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
o 31=Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2

Note: The Adsiedit.exe utility and the Ldp.exe utility are included with
Windows Server 2003 R2 support tools. To install support tools, run
Suptools.msi from the \Support\Tools folder on installation disk 1.

For more detailed information, please refer to the following reference:

Error message when you run the Active Directory Installation Wizard: "The
version of the Active Directory schema of the source forest is not
compatible with the version of Active Directory on this computer"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;917385

By the way, please understand that in order to avoid possible confusion and
make the troubleshooting clear, we generally only focus on one issue per
thread. Therefore, if the above information could not help, please kindly
create a new post in this newsgroup queue.

Thanks!


Sincerely,
Neo Zhu,
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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