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To clarify what Brian meant, you run dcpromo /answer:answer_file and it will use those [DCPromo] settings.
It does NOT run “automatically” as part of setup, unless you ALSO
put that command in your GUIRunOnce section, i.e. [GUIRunOnce] dcpromo /answer:answer_file and set up Auto Logon, perhaps… BUT!!!! In [DCPromo] there is the DNSOnNetwork = No Setting, which installs DNS on the
server. That only works for the FIRST dc in the forest. After that, you need to use other means to
get DNS on the server. Off the top of my head, that would be [NetOptionalComponents] DNS = 1 You would need to point the second DC to
the FIRST DC as its DNS server, until the second DC has been DCPromo’d HTH Dan From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond What do you mean? That’s exactly what the thing does … Just
call dcpromo and point it to the file. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Smith, Brad Cheers, that has worked nicely. I
was a bit surprised still that you can't drive the DCPromo wizard by using
settings in the [DCPromo] section of the answer file..... From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond You have DNS installed? You need to use the sysoc stuff (look it up in
the ref.chm in deploy.cab) to install DNS first… <hr size=2
width="100%" align=center tabIndex=-1> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Smith, Brad Hii
All, I
have set up a Win2K domain (single DC, SP3) and have joined a Win2K3 member
server. I have promoted the W2K3 Member server using a dcpromo answer
file, but cannot seem to force it to install DNS. Any
ideas ?? Brad
PS:
Answer file below. ;This
file is an answer file for the DCPromo process. The answers held within
this file will automatically be applied to ;all
DC's that are created with the DCPromo /answer:<filename> where this file
is used. ;More
information about these and additional settings are available at the link
below, or in the Deployment assistence ;guide that stored in the <windows
server 2003 install source>\SUPPORT\TOOLS\DELPOY.CAB\REF.CHM [DCInstall] ;Specifies
whether any pre-Windows 2000 server authenticates users from this domain or any
trusted domain. ;Specifies
whether the DCPROMO wizard configures DNS for the new domain if it detects that
the DNS dynamic update protocol is not available. AutoConfigDNS
= Yes ;Specifies
whether the replica is also a global catalog. ;Specifies
whether the promotion operation performs only critical replication and then
continues, skipping the noncritical (and potentially lengthy) portion of
replication. CriticalReplicationOnly
= No ;Specifies
the fully qualified, non-UNC path to a directory on a fixed disk of the local
computer that contains the domain database. DatabasePath
= %SYSTEMROOT%\Data ;Specifies
whether to disable the Cancel button during a DNS installation. ;Specifies
the fully qualified, non-UNC path to a directory on a fixed disk of the local
computer that contains the domain log files. LogPath
= $SYSTEMROOT%\Logs ;Specifies
whether to restart the computer upon successful completion. ;Specifies
the DNS domain name of the domain to replicate. ;Specifies
whether to install a new domain controller as the first domain controller in a
new directory service domain or to install it as a replica directory service
domain controller. ReplicaOrNewDomain
= Replica ;Specifies
the fully qualified, non-UNC path to a directory on a fixed disk of the local
computer. ;Specifies
the domain name for the user name (account credentials) used for promoting the
member server to a domain controller. UserDomain
= 1234testdomain.com ;Specifies
the user name (account credentials) used for promoting the member server to a
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Title: DCPromo Answer file....no DNS.
- RE: [ActiveDir] DCPromo Answer file....no DNS. Dan Holme
- RE: [ActiveDir] DCPromo Answer file....no DNS. Smith, Brad
- RE: [ActiveDir] DCPromo Answer file....no DNS. Dan Holme
- RE: [ActiveDir] DCPromo Answer file....no DNS. Smith, Brad
