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adding to a domain
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| shadoe 2004-01-12, 10:34 am |
| I have 2 server2003 servers , that are on remote locations. How difficult is it to add them to a domain?
They are both primary domains. | |
| jeff_j_black 2004-01-12, 11:06 am |
| Let's sort out what you are asking here. You want to add two remote DC's to an existing Domain? Are they all members of different Domains? What is the ultimate desired outcome? More detail is needed to begin to answer. | |
| jonsmorris 2004-01-12, 11:39 am |
| If you are just trying to communicate RAS.
Nothing (except having 3 primary domain controllers on the same domain) is difficult if you know how to do it! | |
| shadoe 2004-01-12, 2:21 pm |
| Actually , what happened. I installed both servers and now in the head office i'm installing the primary domain. and want this to be the primary of all server. | |
| Tarzanboy 2004-01-12, 2:33 pm |
| If you have 3 WS2003 DCs, each being a domain and not a part of the same forest, there is no "easy" means to migrate them into the same forest, more or less the same domain. More than likely to perform the transition, you'll need a tool such as ADMT to perform a migration.
From Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services:
In the end, it might be more efficient to create a two-way external trust and use a demand dial VPN connection to connect the two domains.
Cheers,
TB | |
| jeff_j_black 2004-01-12, 2:47 pm |
| And you have already promoted each of the remote servers to domain controllers in seperate domains? What connectivity is present between these locations? While this is not a very complex situation, you are probably going to have to migrate the users at the remote locations to the desired domain, then demote and promote the remote DC's to be DC's in the desired domain. Some of decisions you have to make are going to be determined by the connectivity. | |
| shadoe 2004-01-12, 2:58 pm |
| Between locations I have T1 and cable.
Is there a way to setup up the servers and then add the primary domain later. | |
| jeff_j_black 2004-01-12, 3:11 pm |
| Typical Active Directory implementation begins with the root domain, your kind of working backwards. You're either going to have to move users and computers to the desired domain, then demote/promote the remote DC's to the desired domain; or as Tarzanboy points out, leave everything as is and create trusts between the forests you likely already have established. | |
| shadoe 2004-01-13, 7:08 am |
| Thanks for the replies.
I will look at the both procedures, I trying to complete the work someone else has started.
So I was looking for the best option.
And easiest.. | |
| shadoe 2004-01-13, 9:28 am |
| I'm trying to connect both domains, and getting an error, " The RPc server is unavailable. "
in the Active directory Domains and Trusts menu.
Any clues on this? | |
| jeff_j_black 2004-01-13, 9:40 am |
| There is a lot about your network that I still do not know. The simplest issue may be the firewall is blocking RPC ports. | |
| shadoe 2004-01-14, 6:28 am |
| I have these 2 servers behind the firewall. on the same LAN. | |
| jeff_j_black 2004-01-14, 9:25 am |
| I did catch a brief glimpse of a support article that might indicate time being out of sync could be a problem. | |
| RenatoBerana 2004-01-20, 12:48 pm |
| check your DNS server, i've encountered that problem before and the culprit is the DNS server. |
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