They might have other problems that you are not seeing then would be a guess. You might try running adprep as the Schema Master user ID again. Since there is Exchange sitting on a DC you might need to update the Exchange Schema as well before you can dcpromo a W2k3 server.
Jon On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Ran the ADPrep last nite around 10pm ... gave it an hour and got this > error ... so logged out, and tried dcpromo again this morning after a good 8 > hours + time for replication to finish, and same error. Replication status > shows all success, no errors > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:11 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Win2003 DC on Win2000 domain > > Only when I did not give it enough time to replicate but that was years > ago with the 2k server at sub SP2 and the W2k3 at SP0. > > Jon > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, to get back on the topic, this one has taken a weird twist : >> >> Ran ADPREP /Forestprep ( and /domainprep ) on the Win2000 DC (schema >> master) with successful completion messages >> >> but running DCPromo on the Win2003 server against this domain errors out : >> >> >> >> The operation failed because: >> >> The Active Directory Installation Wizard cannot continue because the >> forest is not prepared for installing Windows Server 2003. Use the Adprep >> command-line tool to prepare both the forest and the domain ...... >> >> "The version of the Active Directory schema of the source forest is not >> compatible with the version of Active Directory on this computer." >> >> >> Three DCs at this site, all show proper replication, event logs show >> nothing relevant, attempt to rerun adprep show >> "Forest-wide information has already been updated " >> >> Anybody run across this before ??? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Erik Goldoff >> >> *IT Consultant* >> >> *Systems, Networks, & Security * >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
