See Q283133. Verify that the sysvol is shared out on your running DC.
There are a lot of Q articles on this type of error. Do a KB search on
http://Support.microsoft.com
Diane
-----Original Message-----
From: Seyi Owoeye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:39 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Unable to add an additional domain controller
Thanks David,
This is the exact error message that I get
The operation failed because:
Failed finding a suitable domain controller for the domain
allied-technologies.com
"The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted."
-----Original Message-----
From: David Bray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:59 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Unable to add an additional domain controller
Can you tell us what the exact error message is?
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Ulrich Neuert [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 5:15 AM
To: Seyi Owoeye
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Unable to add an additional domain controller
Hello Seyi,
Wednesday, July 11, 2001, 12:13:18 PM, you wrote:
SO> Hi guys,
SO> I have just set up a windows 2000 domain, I set up the domain
controller
SO> and I set up clients all the client machines are running windows
2000
SO> professional and I have no problem on that present network for now.
SO> Now I want to add another domain controller to the domain as an
SO> additional domain controller, so I run the dcpromo command from the
SO> command prompt and the active directory installation wizard begins.
SO> I tell it that I want to add the present machine as an additional
domain
SO> controller. It then asks me for the domain name and I supply it, but
it
SO> gives me an error. So I try the domain name again but this time
SO> excluding .com from the full domain name, so I get another screen
and
SO> this time it prompts with the full domain name under the domain name
tab
SO> and it completes the name with .com included. So I click next and
then
SO> it tells me that the domain name cannot be contacted, then I browse
for
SO> domains and it gives me the full domain name with .com included but
if I
SO> select that I get the same error I got earlier, so this time I
exclude
SO> the .com and then it tells me that to I want to refer to the full
domain
SO> name with the .com included and I say yes. It asks me a couple of
SO> questions after wards but yet it is still not able to communicate
with
SO> the domain.
SO> Please how do I solve this problem but it is really hindering my
work.
SO> Thanks
SO> Seyi
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had the same problem. Set up Microsofts DNS on your DC.
Add your DNS-servers IP-address to the reverse lookup zone manually.
Test your DNS with nslookup from command-prompt.
Regards
Ulrich
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