upgrade of Winnt4 bdc to win2000 fails

[John]

My PDC upgraded no problem. AD installed ok. BDC now
cannot upgrade as either member or dc. Basically it
cannot find the domain / cannot communicate with it so
won't continue. If I don't need this BDC, can I just
create a DC on an existing server and just take this BDC
off the network?

Any suggestions?

 

[Danny Sanders]

Have you set up DNS on the first server?


hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

 

[john]

I am pointing to other DNS servers, one a Win2k, one a
NetWare. I have made static entries in DNS for these 2
servers. The PDC is not a DNS server.

 

[Danny Sanders]

Win 2k must have a DNS server set up for DNS. Your Win 2k PDC emulator must
be pointed to the same DNS server and it has to register it's DNS (SRV)
records that the second Win 2k server is looking for. Does the Netware DNS
support SRV records? What about dynamic updates?
Make sure the SRV records are being created.
See:
How to Verify the Creation of SRV Records for a Domain Controller

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;241515



SRV Resource Records May Not Be Created on Domain Controller

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;239897

Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237675





If you were to use Win 2k's DNS it supports SRV records and dynamic updates.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

 

[John]

Thx, you pointed me in the right direction. As the
NetWare DNS version we have did not support Dynamic for
other than workstations I manually created an SRV record
and that worked. Thanks for the quick response.
John

 

[John]

Danny, once I upgrade the PDC and add a DC on an existing
Win2k member server, can I just take the existing NT4 BDC
off the network ie. I don't want to upgrade it and don't
need it for anything else.

 

[Danny Sanders]

Yes.


hth
DDS

Danny, once I upgrade the PDC and add a DC on an existing
Win2k member server, can I just take the existing NT4 BDC
off the network ie. I don't want to upgrade it and don't
need it for anything else.