New DC @ New Office

[Sanjeev]

hi all,

My company has opened a branch in another city & both the offices connnected
by a 1MB point to point link. i am now planning for infrastructre setup. My
requirement is that i want to setup an additional domain controller at the
new site. so how one should go about it. The head office has 3 Dcs & 400
clients. Both the offices are in different IP ranges, main office has
192.168.90.X & the branch office is in 172.16.0.X series. what are steps one
should take at the branch office end when one needs to join a win2k server
to the domain & promote it to a domain controller and configure it as a GC.

any help on this would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Sanjeev.

 

[C Hall]

Sanjeev,

You don't mention whether you're using w2k or w2k3...I can tell you about
w2k.

1. Install the OS on the new server.
2. Make sure the server has a static ip address and the ONLY dns server
listed belongs to your dns server in your existing site.
3. On the new server, go to a command prompt: ipconfig /registerdns
4. Join the new server to the domain.
5. Create a new site and subnet for the new server. Make sure you assign the
subnet to the site.
6. DCPROMO the new server. After the server reboots, verify AD installation:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=298143
Troubleshooting AD Setup: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260371
7. Move the server to the new site.
8. Add the server to the Default Site Link (Active Directory Sites &
Services(ADS&S) > Inter-Site Transports > IP.

To configure it as a GC:
1. In ADS&S, drill down to the NTDS Settings for the new server in the new
site.
2. Right-click NTDS Setting > Properties.
3. You'll see the checkbox for the GC.

 

[C Hall]

My fingers got ahead of my brain. Add the *Site*, not server to the default
site link.