New Domain Tree in existing forest

[james t]

I am trying to upgrade and NT4 domain to Win2K AD. I
already have an AD forest and would like to have the new
domain be a new tree in this forest. The two domains are
on different subnets separated by a PIX firewall (at the
same site though), and I have hard-coded RPC into the DCs
and set all rules to allow for AD transport. I get to the
point in DCPromo where I acknowledge the settings (just
before it would normally stop the Net Logon service) and
DCPromo says that the forest xxxxxx.com cannot be
located. I can ping the DCs from the upgraded PDC but
cannot get AD working. Our NT4 domain is in "lingo"
now... Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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I am trying to upgrade and NT4 domain to Win2K AD. I
already have an AD forest and would like to have the new
domain be a new tree in this forest. The two domains are
on different subnets separated by a PIX firewall (at the
same site though), and I have hard-coded RPC into the DCs
and set all rules to allow for AD transport. I get to the
point in DCPromo where I acknowledge the settings (just
before it would normally stop the Net Logon service) and
DCPromo says that the forest xxxxxx.com cannot be
located. I can ping the DCs from the upgraded PDC but
cannot get AD working. Our NT4 domain is in "lingo"
now... Any ideas? Thanks.

Speciify the current DNS server in your NT4 IP properties currently being
used for the current forest root domain. Specifiy the new domain suffix in
the DNS tab also. . Create the new zone on that server and enable updates on
it.

As for firewalls, there are about 30 ports that need to be opened for full
AD communication. RPC alone won't cut it. Better off using a VPN between the
locations.

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Ace

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