Question about prepping a 2000 domain for a 2003 server (ADPREP)

[achen]

I am adding our first Windows 2003 server into exsiting Windows 2000
domain as a DC. I understand that we need to run adprep /forestprep
on the schema operation master, and adprep /domainprep on the
infrastructure master.

My question being, should I grab the copy of adprep.exe from Windows
2003 CD (undet the \I386 folder), and run that on Windows 2000
server? The reason I am asking this is because without that, I could
not think of any reason to make a 2000 domain accept a Windows Server
2003 as a DC, if it was the adprerp that came with Windows 2000 server
(which was 7 years old...)

 

[Danny Sanders]

My question being, should I grab the copy of adprep.exe from Windows

2003 CD (undet the \I386 folder), and run that on Windows 2000
server?

Yes, that is where they expect you to run it from.

hth
DDS

 

[Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP - DS]]

on the ADPREP options you are correct...

however, if you have a slipstreamed CD with W2K3 and SP1 use that version of
ADPREP. Just insert the CD and run it.
The SP1 version contains several enhancements over the RTM version

because of that either use:
ADPREP /FORESTPREP (preps the forest)
ADPREP /DOMAINPREP (preps the domain in AD)

OR

ADPREP /FORESTPREP (preps the forest)
ADPREP /FORESTPREP (preps the domain in AD)
ADPREP /FORESTPREP /GPPREP (preps the domain on the SYSVOL. Also the domain
in AD when not already done)

the latter is to prevent SYSVOL replication if it contains a lot of GPOs.
with this you can plan this in a more phased way

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Cheers,
(HOPEFULLY THIS INFORMATION HELPS YOU!)

# Jorge de Almeida Pinto # MVP Windows Server - Directory Services

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