upgrade NT4 PDC/BDC to windows 2000 adv server DC

[Man Geekaa]

After I successfully upgraded NT4 pdc (srv1 & domainX) to 2000 advanced
server DC (newdomainY.org) with integrated DNS. And now when I am upgrading
the other remaining NT4 BDC (srv2) to act as second 2000 advance server DC,
it fails at the very end of the upgrade process when the active directory
migration (dcpromo) wizard tries to look for 'srv2$' account in
'newdomianY.org with an error saying no domain controller found for
'newdomainY.org'

Also all client computers indicate they are now members of 'newdomainY.org'
and each of them has two domain logon option - 'domainX' & 'newdomainY'
(note: '.org' is missing in domain name 'newdomainY' that is being displayed
in login box). Though I always succeed in logging into 'domainX' but have
never been successful when I choose 'newdomainY' for authentication.

Currently our network is running with only ONE 2000 DC as I have been
unsuccessful in configuring a new 2000 advanced server box to act as second
2000 DC for 'newdomainY.org' using dcpromo wizard, the error message
indicates the same as above that no domain controller found for
'newdomainY.org'.

My end goal is to have a second 2000 DC in our environment ?


Regards,

-MGK

 

[Jorge_de_Almeida_Pinto]

After I successfully upgraded NT4 pdc (srv1 & domainX) to 2000
advanced
server DC (newdomainY.org) with integrated DNS. And now when I
am upgrading
the other remaining NT4 BDC (srv2) to act as second 2000
advance server DC,
it fails at the very end of the upgrade process when the
active directory
migration (dcpromo) wizard tries to look for 'srv2$' account
in
'newdomianY.org with an error saying no domain controller
found for
'newdomainY.org'

Also all client computers indicate they are now members of
'newdomainY.org'
and each of them has two domain logon option - 'domainX' &
'newdomainY'
(note: '.org' is missing in domain name 'newdomainY' that is
being displayed
in login box). Though I always succeed in logging into
'domainX' but have
never been successful when I choose 'newdomainY' for
authentication.

Currently our network is running with only ONE 2000 DC as I
have been
unsuccessful in configuring a new 2000 advanced server box to
act as second
2000 DC for 'newdomainY.org' using dcpromo wizard, the error
message
indicates the same as above that no domain controller found
for
'newdomainY.org'.

My end goal is to have a second 2000 DC in our environment ?


Regards,

-MGK

see if the following applies:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257623

The DNS suffix of the computer name of a new domain controller may not
match the name of the domain after you install upgrade a Windows NT
4.0 Primary domain controller to Windows 2000.