adding a windows 2003 domain controller

Hello,
I have a windows 2003 forest and the functional level is raised to
windows 2003. I am trying to add a domain controller to the domain. The
server I am trying to add is running Windows 2003 R2. Whenever I try to
install active directory, I get a message that says the forest is not ready
and that I need to run adprep. Even though the functional level is Windows
2003, I tried running adprep anyway and it said that it had already been run
and it wasn't going to do anything. Can a Windows 2003 R2 server be added as
a domain controller in a Windows 2003 active directory domain? Thanks in
advance!!

Tim

DP133091
Wed Jun 18 11:59:00 PDT 2008

Have you run the forest prep for R2. This will extend the schema. There are
some new features to AD like lastlogontimestamp for users or the new DFSR
system. There is some new functionality introduced in R2. Since the server is
R2 and you want to promote it, I do believe that the schema needs to be
extended first.

"Tim" wrote:

> Hello,
> I have a windows 2003 forest and the functional level is raised to
> windows 2003. I am trying to add a domain controller to the domain. The
> server I am trying to add is running Windows 2003 R2. Whenever I try to
> install active directory, I get a message that says the forest is not ready
> and that I need to run adprep. Even though the functional level is Windows
> 2003, I tried running adprep anyway and it said that it had already been run
> and it wasn't going to do anything. Can a Windows 2003 R2 server be added as
> a domain controller in a Windows 2003 active directory domain? Thanks in
> advance!!
>
> Tim
>

Danny
Wed Jun 18 12:01:13 PDT 2008

R2 is a set of updated features that require adprep to be ran from the
second disk of the R2 set.

hth
DDS

"Tim" <Tim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6FC55E0F-E55B-48C6-9F3A-C804845F7C97@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> I have a windows 2003 forest and the functional level is raised to
> windows 2003. I am trying to add a domain controller to the domain. The
> server I am trying to add is running Windows 2003 R2. Whenever I try to
> install active directory, I get a message that says the forest is not
> ready
> and that I need to run adprep. Even though the functional level is
> Windows
> 2003, I tried running adprep anyway and it said that it had already been
> run
> and it wasn't going to do anything. Can a Windows 2003 R2 server be added
> as
> a domain controller in a Windows 2003 active directory domain? Thanks in
> advance!!
>
> Tim
>

winmasterplan
Wed Jun 18 12:03:09 PDT 2008

Hi Tim,

Did you run adprep from Disk2? To update the schema, on the schema master
domain controller, insert Disc 2 and open the command prompt. Then, change to
the Cmpnents\R2\Adprep folder of Disc 2, and type: adprep.exe /forestprep

Have a nice day!

"Tim" wrote:

> Hello,
> I have a windows 2003 forest and the functional level is raised to
> windows 2003. I am trying to add a domain controller to the domain. The
> server I am trying to add is running Windows 2003 R2. Whenever I try to
> install active directory, I get a message that says the forest is not ready
> and that I need to run adprep. Even though the functional level is Windows
> 2003, I tried running adprep anyway and it said that it had already been run
> and it wasn't going to do anything. Can a Windows 2003 R2 server be added as
> a domain controller in a Windows 2003 active directory domain? Thanks in
> advance!!
>
> Tim
>

Tim
Wed Jun 18 13:07:01 PDT 2008

I had NOT run adprep from R2 disk 2 - I used the adprep from R2 disk and all
is working. Thanks to everyone!!!

"Danny Sanders" wrote:

> R2 is a set of updated features that require adprep to be ran from the
> second disk of the R2 set.
>
> hth
> DDS
>
> "Tim" <Tim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6FC55E0F-E55B-48C6-9F3A-C804845F7C97@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> > I have a windows 2003 forest and the functional level is raised to
> > windows 2003. I am trying to add a domain controller to the domain. The
> > server I am trying to add is running Windows 2003 R2. Whenever I try to
> > install active directory, I get a message that says the forest is not
> > ready
> > and that I need to run adprep. Even though the functional level is
> > Windows
> > 2003, I tried running adprep anyway and it said that it had already been
> > run
> > and it wasn't going to do anything. Can a Windows 2003 R2 server be added
> > as
> > a domain controller in a Windows 2003 active directory domain? Thanks in
> > advance!!
> >
> > Tim
> >
>
>
>