Those kind of problems generally turn out bad for me. Jon
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > hmmmm, thinking maybe to move the schema master, GC and other FSMO roles > to the Exchange/DC and try again ... this one is strange... and I'm > definitely not seeing the problem, that's the problem <g> > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:21 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Win2003 DC on Win2000 domain > > 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/> ~
