Active Directory Installation Failed

[Guest]

I am trying to add a controller for an existing domain and get this error

Active Directory Installation Failed

The operation failed because

Failed to modify the necessary properties for the machine account LTCL

"The specified server cannot perform the requested operation."

 

[Chriss3]

* Using the built-in Administrator in the current domain during the
promotion.

* Has the computer name LTCL been used before in the particular domain?

* Can you ping the AD DNS name by FQDN like ping company.com and get
response from the server you try to promote?

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Dalet,

Check out this MSKB Article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;250874&Product=win2000

It sounds a lot like the delegation problem....

HTH,

Cary

 

[Guest]

This is what is in my dcpromo lo

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Promotion request for replica domain controlle
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DnsDomainName lafayette.tec.la.u
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] ReplicaPartner (NULL
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] SiteName (NULL
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DsDatabasePath C:\WINNT\NTDS, DsLogPath C:\WINNT\NTD
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] SystemVolumeRootPath C:\WINNT\SYSVO
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Account lafayette.tec.la.us\administrato
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Options 19
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validate supplied path
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is a director
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is a director
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\SYSVOL
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on an NTFS volum
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Start the worker tas
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Request for promotion returning
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Searching for a domain controller for the domain lafayette.tec.la.us that contains the account LTCL

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Located domain controller LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us for domain lafayette.tec.la.u

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Using site Default-First-Site-Name for server \\LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.u

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Forcing time syn
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Forcing a time synch with \\LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.u

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Setting machine account to be D
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Configuring the server accoun

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Searching for the machine account for LTCL$ on \\LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us..
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Configuring the server accoun

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] NtdsSetReplicaMachineAccount returned 5
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DsRolepSetMachineAccountType returned 5
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Error - Failed to modify the necessary properties for the machine account LTCL
(58
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] The attempted domain controller operation has complete

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DsRolepSetOperationDone returned

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Dalet,

It looks like the 'new' server is able to find a replication partner - in
the proper site? - and everything is running smoothly until it comes to make
the modification.

Try the link that I posted previously and see if that helps you.

Cary

This is what is in my dcpromo log

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Promotion request for replica domain controller
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DnsDomainName lafayette.tec.la.us
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] ReplicaPartner (NULL)
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] SiteName (NULL)
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DsDatabasePath C:\WINNT\NTDS, DsLogPath C:\WINNT\NTDS
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] SystemVolumeRootPath C:\WINNT\SYSVOL
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Account lafayette.tec.la.us\administrator
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Options 196
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validate supplied paths
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is a directory
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is a directory
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\SYSVOL.
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Path is on an NTFS volume
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Start the worker task
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Request for promotion returning 0
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Searching for a domain controller for the domain

lafayette.tec.la.us that contains the account LTCL$

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Located domain controller

LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us for domain lafayette.tec.la.us

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Using site Default-First-Site-Name for server \\LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Forcing time sync
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Forcing a time synch with \\LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Setting machine account to be DC
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Configuring the server account

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Searching for the machine account for LTCL$ on \\LTCL-BACKUP.lafayette.tec.la.us...
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Configuring the server account

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] NtdsSetReplicaMachineAccount returned 58
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DsRolepSetMachineAccountType returned 58
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] Error - Failed to modify the necessary properties for the machine account LTCL$
(58)
03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] The attempted domain controller operation has completed

03/03 08:44:28 [INFO] DsRolepSetOperationDone returned 0