That's only partially true, you're correct in that the option is made
available in the UI during an IFM promotion if the backup used was from a GC
... but a GC can also be born directly out of a non-forest-creating DCpromo
by modifying the "%windir%\system32\schema.ini" file.
Assuming you're comfortable editing the file -
1. Prior to promotion, edit the schema.ini mentioned above
a. search on [DEFAULTADDLMACHINE]
2. Notice the "Options=1" entry 5 or 6 lines above in the
[DEFAULTFIRSTMACHINE] section
a. this section controls the DCpromo's behavior during the creation
of a new forest
3. Copy that entry into the [DEFAULTADDLMACHINE] section
4. Run DCpromo
Regards.
Dean
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tomasz Onyszko
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:29 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Automating GC promotion during dcpromo
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > According to an article I read recently, a DC may be set as a GC
> > automatically using the answer file entry 'ConfirmGC=Yes'.
> >
> > However, another technet article implies that this I only relevant if
> > the DC is being built using a backup and not over the wire.
> >
> > Anyone have any views or experiences with this?
>
> This was discussed here some time ago if I remember correctly - this
> option is valid only with install from media DC promotion.
>
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> Tomasz Onyszko
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