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RE: Adding a second DC to a win 2003 (SBS) domain

fillbill210 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:00:07 GMT

Absolutely. I have even created new admin accounts. I did find an article on the Microsoft web site saying that for you cant do a remote DC promotion you have to either promote the server before sending it or take a backup of the current AD and restore it on the remote machine.

Thanks for you help anyway.

RE: Adding a second DC to a win 2003 (SBS) domain

relder — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:03:55 GMT

Are you absolutely certain that this is account is a member of the domain administrator's group?

Adding a second DC to a win 2003 (SBS) domain

fillbill210 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 10:25:39 GMT

I am trying to upgrade a member server to a second domain controller in my SBS domain. Both servers are located at different sites (1 in Glasow the primary & the other In London) Both LANs are connected by a VPN with policies that allow all traffic between each LAN. When I try to promote the member server i get about 3/4 of the way through when I get the following error

The operation failed because: The Active Directory Installation Wizard was unable to convert the computer account (servername)$ to a domain controller account. "Access is denied."

Then it askes me to type the name and password of a user who has sufficiant privilages to an addition DC.

Needles to say, the account is the administrator and I am using the correct password. There doesnt seem to be a connectivity issues between the 2 sites as users in London are using the Glasgow DC for there logons. Does anyone have any ideas about this?

Any help would be appriciated