Well, it was originally an NT4 BDC, and I have a ghost image I took of that before the upgrade, so I'm hoping that may work.. otherwise, yes, I'm SOL.
-W > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Sweeney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 5:49 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: NT->2k DC Upgrade stalled? > > > You're stuck. > > The box thinks it's a DC and the domain does not agree. > > In order to successfully run DCPROMO and demote the box it demands to > synchronize with the domain, lest any changes made locally be > lost. The > fact that no changes were made locally doesn't matter in this > instance, > unless it is within your power to rewrite the product. > > You won't force the Domain to recognize it as a DC, and > youcan't demote it > unless it does, so you'll have to wipe it and scrub it out of the AD. > > "God grant me the serenity > to accept the things I cannot change; > courage to change the things I can; > and wisdom to know the difference." > > Now FDISK and reinstall. (Sorry) If your backup is no good > or even untested > in some time, pull off anything you'll need BEFORE YOU FDISK. > > You may also want to verify the health of your DNS setup to > avoid similar > issues, but more likely than not the issue probably relates > more to the age > and state of the box in question. > > "When I was a lad I had an XT with text based word processing and > spreadsheet programs and I was happy to have them. Act" > > Its possible I'm wrong, and their is some solution I'm > missing here, so feel > free to hang on for a better answer. Hell, I'd love to have a better > answer, having encounterred a similar issue. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Warren Cundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: NT->2k DC Upgrade stalled? > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 14:01:25 -0700 > > The domain is now Win2k. I upgraded the PDC, and was in the > process of > upgrading BDCs. My problem still exists: > > I now have this Win2k DC that can't even run DCPROMO.. when I > try to reduce > it to a member server, it says it can't authenticate with the domain, > "Access denied" even when I manually enter the domain or > enterprise admin > accounts... what the heck should I try?? > > Thanks > > -Warren > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anders W�hlin (ERV) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:43 PM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: RE: NT->2k DC Upgrade stalled? > > > > > > Can you really make a Windows 2000 Server a BDC in a NT4 > > domain? I didn't think that was possible. > > > > /Anders > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Warren Cundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: den 5 oktober 2001 20:45 > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: RE: NT->2k DC Upgrade stalled? > > > > > > Ok, I reset the machine, it booted up fine and everything > > seemed to go ok, > > but really it didn't. > > > > Now I'm trying to reduce this machine to a member server, > > after logging in > > with the domain admin account and running dcpromo, it asks > me for some > > domain admin credentials, which I enter, but still get: > > > > The operation failed because: The Directory Service failed to > > replicate off > > changes made locally. "Access is Denied". > > > > I'm also getting all kinds of NTDS errors in the event logs. > > Essentially > > this machine thinks that its a DC, but the domain doesn't like it. > > > > -W > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:36 AM > > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > > Subject: RE: NT->2k DC Upgrade stalled? > > > > > > > > > There actually seems to be pretty good fault-recovery logic > > > in Win2k setup.. > > > I've had it freeze on me several times, and it always seems > > > to recover and > > > work around the problem. > > > > > > Of course, I was probably just lucky... > > > > > > > > > :::Ryan Malayter, MCSE > > > :::Bank Administration Institute > > > :::Chicago, Illinois, USA > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ed Esgro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:30 AM > > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > > Subject: RE: NT->2k DC Upgrade stalled? > > > > > > > > > keyword... should > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 12:22 PM > > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > > Subject: RE: NT->2k DC Upgrade stalled? > > > > > > > > > If you reset it, it should restart where it left off... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Warren Cundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:35 AM > > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > > Subject: NT->2k DC Upgrade stalled? > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > In the process of upgrading an old P166 BDC to 2k DC (please > > > dont laugh), it > > > appears to have stalled at the "updating shortcuts to the > > > Active Directory > > > admin tools" phase, which is after all the AD objects have > > > been transferred. > > > I'm not sure what else comes after this in the upgrade, > but its been > > > spinning through that for about 12 hours. 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