Active Directory installation problems

[John Cleveland]

I am having problems upgrading a windows NT4sp6 PDC to a W2K3 DC. I
currently have a parent domain controller in place and running fine. I can
add workstations to the domain without any problems. When I do the upgrade
of the NT4 server, the W2K3 installation goes fine but the Active Directory
installation fails. I am trying to set up the upgraded server as a child
domain. When the Active Directory installations fails, I get the following
error:

"Active Directory could not replicate the directory partition."(then it list
a bunch of stuff about the domain it is trying to contact)
"Could not find the domain controller for this domain."

I have also checked the event log on the parent domain. In the security
log, there are entries pertaining to the server I am trying to upgrade.
"Failure Audit" is the type and it says "Unknown username or bad password".
However, the username listed in the error log is not the same as the
username I am using to install active directory on the child machine. The
error log says that the username is "Administrator" but the account that I
am using to try and make the upgraded machine install Active Directory is an
account within the administrators group.

Also, I have run 'netdom query' against the parent machine and get an
"Access Denied" error.

Any thoughts?
Thanks

 

[Tim Springston \(MSFT\)]

Hi John-

Are you doing the promotion using Enterprise Admin credentials?

If you are, it would help to see if you get a more descriptive error by
looking in the %systemroot%\debug\DCPROMOxxx.LOG
and the %systemroot%\debug\DCPROMOUIxxx.LOG. You may have multiple copie
sof these logs, and the names may be incremented per attempt. The
verbatin messages can often give more of an idea as to what is happening.
Feel free to post the error portion (not the whole log if possible) pasted
into a post.

 

[Tim Hines [MSFT]]

The error "Could not find the domain controller for this domain." usually
indicates that you have a DNS configuration problem. Verify that the DC
that you are trying to upgrade is pointing to a DNS server that hosts the
zone for the parent domain that you are trying to join. Verify that the SRV
and host records for the DCs in that domain have been registered. If they
are not there you can try restarting netlogon on the DCs to register the SRV
records and you can run ipconfig /registerdns to register the host record on
each DC in the parent domain. If you continue to have problems after you
have verified that DNS is correct then you can post the exact errors from
the dcpromo.log file to the group for assistance.


--
Tim Hines, MCSE, MCSA
Windows 2000 Directory Services

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[John Cleveland]

I have confirmed that DNS is working properly on the parent domain
controller and theat the machine being upgraded is pointing to it. Here is
an excerpt of the error from the dcpromo log file:

Calling DsRoleUpgradeDownlevelServer
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A25 lpDnsDomainName :
kam.usl.urban-systems.com
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A26 lpSiteName : (null)
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A27 lpDsDatabasePath : D:\sysdb\ntds
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A28 lpDsLogPath : d:\sysdb\NTDS
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A29 lpSystemVolumeRootPath : d:\sysdb\SYSVOL
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A2A lpParentDnsDomainName : usl.urban-systems.com
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A2B lpParentServer : (null)
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A2C lpAccount : urban-systems\usladmin
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A2D Options : 0x8C0
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A2E Enter DoProgressLoop
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A2F Enter State::GetOperation CHILD
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A30 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateButton
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A31 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateButton Cancel
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A32 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateText Stopping
service NETLOGON

dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A33 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateText Creating the
System Volume d:\sysdb\SYSVOL

dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A34 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateText Copying
initial Directory Service database file C:\WINNT\system32\ntds.dit to
D:\sysdb\ntds\ntds.dit

dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A35 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateText Configuring
the local domain controller to host Active Directory
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A36 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateText Replicating
the schema directory partition
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A37 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateText The attempted
domain controller operation has completed

dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A38 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateButton
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A39 Progress loop complete.
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A3A Calling DsRoleGetDcOperationResults
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A3B Error 0x0 (!0 => error)
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A3C Operation results:
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A3D OperationStatus : 0x774 !0 => error
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A3E DisplayString : Active Directory could
not replicate the directory partition
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=usl,DC=urban-systems,DC=com from the remote
domain controller urbanroot.usl.urban-systems.com.
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A3F ServerInstalledSite : (null)
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A40 OperationResultsFlags: 0x0
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A41 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateText Active
Directory could not replicate the directory partition
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=usl,DC=urban-systems,DC=com from the remote
domain controller urbanroot.usl.urban-systems.com.
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A42 Enter State::SetOperationResultsMessage Active
Directory could not replicate the directory partition
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=usl,DC=urban-systems,DC=com from the remote
domain controller urbanroot.usl.urban-systems.com.
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A43 Enter State::SetOperationResultsFlags 0x0
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A44 Exception caught
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A45 catch completed
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A46 handling exception
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A47 Enter State::ClearHiddenWhileUnattended
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A48 Enter State::GetRunContext PDC_UPGRADE
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A49 Enter State::SetOperationResults result FAILURE
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A4A Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateText
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A4B Enter State::IsOperationRetryAllowed
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A4C true
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A4D Enter ComposeFailureMessage
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A4E Enter GetErrorMessage 80070774
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A4F Enter State::GetOperationResultsMessage Active
Directory could not replicate the directory partition
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=usl,DC=urban-systems,DC=com from the remote
domain controller urbanroot.usl.urban-systems.com.
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A50 Enter State::GetOperationResultsFlags 0x0
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A51 Enter State::SetFailureMessage The operation
failed because:

Active Directory could not replicate the directory partition
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=usl,DC=urban-systems,DC=com from the remote
domain controller urbanroot.usl.urban-systems.com.

"Could not find the domain controller for this domain."
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A52 Enter State::GetFailureMessage The operation failed
because:

Active Directory could not replicate the directory partition
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=usl,DC=urban-systems,DC=com from the remote
domain controller urbanroot.usl.urban-systems.com.

"Could not find the domain controller for this domain."
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A53 MessageBox: Active Directory Installation Wizard :
The operation failed because:

Active Directory could not replicate the directory partition
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=usl,DC=urban-systems,DC=com from the remote
domain controller urbanroot.usl.urban-systems.com.

"Could not find the domain controller for this domain."
dcpromoui 6F8.594 0A54 posting message to progress window
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A55 Enter ProgressDialog::UpdateText
Operation Stopped
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A56 Enter ProgressDialog::OnDestroy
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A57 OPERATION FAILED
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A58 Enter State::GetNeedsReboot false
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A59 Enter State::IsOperationRetryAllowed
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A5A true
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A5B Enter Wizard::SetNextPageID id = 156
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A5C push 142
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A5D Enter FailurePage::OnSetActive
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A5E Enter State::GetOperationResultsCode FAILURE
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A5F Enter State::GetFailureMessage The operation
failed because:

Active Directory could not replicate the directory partition
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=usl,DC=urban-systems,DC=com from the remote
domain controller urbanroot.usl.urban-systems.com.

"Could not find the domain controller for this domain."
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A60 Enter DCPromoWizardPage::OnWizNext
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A61 Enter FailurePage::Validate
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A62 Enter Wizard::SetNextPageID id = 154
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A63 push 156
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A64 Enter FinishPage::OnInit
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A65 Enter
MultiLineEditBoxThatForwardsEnterKey::Init
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A66 Enter ControlSubclasser::Init
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A67 Enter FinishPage::OnSetActive
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A68 Enter getCompletionMessage
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A69 Enter State::GetOperation CHILD
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A6A Enter State::GetOperationResultsCode
FAILURE
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A6B Enter State::GetFinishMessages
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A6C Enter FinishPage::OnWizFinish
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A6D Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A6E Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A6F Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A70 Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A71 Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A72 Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A73 Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A74 Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A75 Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A76 Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A77 Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A78 Enter ControlSubclasser::UnhookWindowProc
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A79 exitCode = 0
dcpromoui 6F8.700 0A7A closing log


Any thoughts