September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
15h 49m
English
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2.10. Using ADPrep to Prepare a Domain or Forest for Windows Server 2003
Problem
You want to upgrade your existing Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controllers to Windows Server 2003. Before doing this, you must run the ADPrep tool, which extends the schema and adds several objects in Active Directory that are necessary for new features and enhancements.
Solution
First, run the following command on the Schema FSMO with the
credentials of an account that is in both the Enterprise Admins and Schema Admins groups:
> adprep /forestprep
After the updates from /forestprep have replicated
throughout the forest (see Recipe 2.11), run
the following command on the Infrastructure FSMO in each domain with
the credentials of an account in the Domain Admins
group:
> adprep /domainprep
If the updates from /forestprep have not
replicated to at least the Infrastructure FSMO servers in each
domain, an error will be returned when running
/domainprep. To debug any problems you encounter,
see the ADPrep log files located at %SystemRoot%\System32\Debug\Adprep\Logs.
Tip
adprep can be found in the \i386 directory on the Windows Server 2003
CD. The tool relies on several files in that directory, so you cannot
simply copy that file out to a server and run it. You must either run
it from a CD or from a location where the entire directory has been
copied.
Discussion
The adprep command prepares a Windows 2000 forest
and domains for Windows Server 2003. Both
/forestprep and /domainprep must be run before you ...
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