Small Business Server 2003 to 2012 R2 Migration and Virtualized Domain Controller Questions
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You should already be joined to the domain. It doesn't need to ask you the domain name because you only promote within the domain that you are already in.
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Becoming a DC will not impact the other DC. Having multiple DCs at once is how AD is meant to be used.
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@scottalanmiller said:
You should already be joined to the domain. It doesn't need to ask you the domain name because you only promote within the domain that you are already in.
OK, going to go step by step now...even without having the AD role yet, it is OK to join my new Domain Controller VM to the domain, correct? Just wanted to make sure...
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Yes it must be joined to the domain.
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OK...adding the AD and DNS roles currently...waiting on the wizard to complete.
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@garak0410 said:
OK...adding the AD and DNS roles currently...waiting on the wizard to complete.
I got to the joining the domain and promotion step and it is telling me the FORREST FUNCTIONAL LEVEL IS WINDOWS 2000. If it is referring to the old server, I've checked and it is 2003.
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The old server is 2003 or it's functional level is 2003? Which did you check?
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@scottalanmiller said:
The old server is 2003 or it's functional level is 2003? Which did you check?
Both...I changed the Functional Level about a month ago in prep for this. Wonder if it ever replicated? So, stuck here now.
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Maybe it didn't replicate. But there is only one DC, right? So nowhere for it to have replicated to.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Maybe it didn't replicate. But there is only one DC, right? So nowhere for it to have replicated to.
Well, bad choice of words...wonder if it REALLY changed it. It shows 2003. So, right now, stuck. I could reboot the current DC tonight but alas, it puts me behind a day now.
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@garak0410 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Maybe it didn't replicate. But there is only one DC, right? So nowhere for it to have replicated to.
Well, bad choice of words...wonder if it REALLY changed it. It shows 2003. So, right now, stuck. I could reboot the current DC tonight but alas, it puts me behind a day now.
Searching for a similar situation but nothing is coming up.
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What does it say your forest function level is? does it show 2003 function level?
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@Dashrender said:
What does it say your forest function level is? does it show 2003 function level?
Newbie mistake...I had only changed the DOMAIN level and not the forest. Changed...moving on.
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Cool. Glad that that was an easy fix.
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Next Error...I got passed the forest part of the wizard. Stopped on the Domain Controller Options Wizard Where you have options for DNS, Global Catalog and such...it stops and says:
A DOMAIN CONTROLLER RUNNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 OR LATER COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON THIS DOMAIN. TO INSTALL A READ-ONLY DOMAIN CONTROLLER, THE DOMAIN MUST HAVE A DOMAIN CONTROLLER RUNNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 OR LATER.
Months of research said I could go from SBS 2003 to 2012 R2. Is that the problem? Or is this because I couldn't get ADPREP to run on my 32bit 2003 server?
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@garak0410 said:
Next Error...I got passed the forest part of the wizard. Stopped on the Domain Controller Options Wizard Where you have options for DNS, Global Catalog and such...it stops and says:
A DOMAIN CONTROLLER RUNNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 OR LATER COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON THIS DOMAIN. TO INSTALL A READ-ONLY DOMAIN CONTROLLER, THE DOMAIN MUST HAVE A DOMAIN CONTROLLER RUNNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 OR LATER.
Months of research said I could go from SBS 2003 to 2012 R2. Is that the problem? Or is this because I couldn't get ADPREP to run on my 32bit 2003 server?
No, not supported. You've gone too long between updates I'm afraid. Neither 2003 nor 32bit upgrades are supported.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh994618.aspx#BKMK_UpgradePaths
Edit: that's in place paths, still looking
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And those requirements are for 2012, one generation old. server 2003 is a full five versions old.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@garak0410 said:
Next Error...I got passed the forest part of the wizard. Stopped on the Domain Controller Options Wizard Where you have options for DNS, Global Catalog and such...it stops and says:
A DOMAIN CONTROLLER RUNNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 OR LATER COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON THIS DOMAIN. TO INSTALL A READ-ONLY DOMAIN CONTROLLER, THE DOMAIN MUST HAVE A DOMAIN CONTROLLER RUNNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 OR LATER.
Months of research said I could go from SBS 2003 to 2012 R2. Is that the problem? Or is this because I couldn't get ADPREP to run on my 32bit 2003 server?
No, not supported. You've gone too long between updates I'm afraid. Neither 2003 nor 32bit upgrades are supported.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh994618.aspx#BKMK_UpgradePaths
And I would agree with you there but I've had more than a handful of people say they HAVE done this, which is why I've proceeded.
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I feel like I did 2003 R2 to 2012 last year.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I feel like I did 2003 R2 to 2012 last year.
This is 32 Bit and this is why I couldn't run ADPREP...I've had one guy tell me over and over, this CAN be done.
