Adding remote Server 2k8 DC to SBS2003 Domain

Jimathy · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:50

So here's where I'm at;

I have an SBS 2003 located in a DataCentre, have run adprep /domainprep & adprep /forestprep from a Windows Server 2008 CD.

I've successfully joined the Windows Server 2008 machine to the Domain but when I try to dcpromo I get an error saying I need to run the first two commands on the Domain Controller.

FWIW there are 3 other Windows Server 2003 machines located at other offices which I haven't run the adprep /domainprep /forestprep on. Do I need to do this?

TIA

Swarfega · 2 Sep 2011 at 14:26

I take it the updates completed with success?

Jimathy · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:20

Yes ran the adprep commands without issue. The SBS2k3 machine is set as the primary dns in the 2k8 boxes nic settings.
Scratching my head on this one.

Swarfega · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:25

I can only assume it hasn't updated.

Can you confirm your running version 44?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/556086

HarryPainful · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:26

Have you done it on the schema master?

Also, from memory I don't think you will be able to do this with SBS, I may be wrong though.

Swarfega · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:29

You can have another DC but the FSMO roles have to stay on the SBS box.

I missed your first question, you only need to update your schema once for each forest / domain you have. Since SBS doesn't allow trusts I assume your network is running from one domain.

Liquidfox · 9 Sep 2011 at 10:55

As far as I know, SBS really doesn't like anything else intefering with it. Extra Exchange servers, or DCs. I've only tested an extra exchange server and the SBS box threw a fit, I don't want to know what it would do with another DC there on the same domain.

Swarfega · 9 Sep 2011 at 10:59

It shouldn't do anything.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708131(WS.10).aspx

nrh1703 · 11 Sep 2011 at 17:41

I've had extra DCs with SBS 2003 and 2008 without any trouble except the inital forestprep to make schema changes. Forget what I was doing wrong but once that was overcome adding DCs was no different from a non-SBS network.

You can only have one DHCP server on your SBS network though. Not tried extra exchange servers.