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No. DCPromo looks ONLY at the DCPromo
section. Run Sysoc.inf against the answer file. For a ‘fresh’ dc, run
SYSOC.INF followed by DCPROMO as your two commands in the [GUIRunOnce] Section From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smith, Brad The bit that threw me is that my DCPromo
process ignored the section [NetOptionalComponents] DNS = 1 Hence first invoking. C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\SYSOCMGR
/I:C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\SYSOC.INF /u:C:\my_answer_file.txt Also
FYI - This is not the first DC on the network, and is not the first AD based
DNS server either (obviously). This is being run after the machine has been
sitting on the network, in the domain as a member server for a couple of days
(to allow for patching and prove the h/w isn't immediately faulty). This
is all W2K3. Should
DCPromo be actioning the [NetOptionalComponents] section ? From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Holme To clarify what Brian meant, you run dcpromo /answer:answer_file [GUIRunOnce] dcpromo /answer:answer_file DNSOnNetwork = No Setting, which installs DNS on the server. That only works
for the FIRST dc in the forest. [NetOptionalComponents] DNS = 1 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Brian Desmond From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Smith, Brad 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… 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
