Comments on: FATAL: DcPromo_JoinDomain: The server was not promoted to a domain controller. http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/ Web development and general IT snippets, possibly some other irrelevant things too. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:22:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peter http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Peter Sun, 16 May 2010 02:39:13 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-218 Hello, I just performed the following steps as indicated above. What do I do next. Please advice since I am in the middle of the migration on a production environment. hi Jhone. just do the following run ntdsutil > then roles> then connections then type: connect to “old server name” then type : seize rid master > then transfer rid master (accept the transfer pop up) do the seize and tranfer for all other roles by reapating the last 2 steps for (schema master, infrastructure master, domain naming master, pdc master) Hello,

I just performed the following steps as indicated above. What do I do next. Please advice since I am in the middle of the migration on a production environment.

hi Jhone. just do the following
run ntdsutil > then roles> then connections then type: connect to “old server name”
then type : seize rid master > then transfer rid master (accept the transfer pop up)
do the seize and tranfer for all other roles by reapating the last 2 steps for (schema master, infrastructure master, domain naming master, pdc master)

]]> By: Juan Manuel http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Juan Manuel Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:43:41 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-210 Ocurrio el error FATAL: DcPromo_JoinDomain: The server was not promoted to a domain controller. al migrar desde SBS2003 a SBS2008. Solucion: Crear un usuario con todos los privilegios de administrador requeridos y lo mas importante un password seguro con MAYUSCULAS, minusculas y numeros no menor a 8 digitos, hacer la migracion desde ese usuario. Please use the google translator not write in English, I use it, or see 50 episodes of Dora the Explorer. Ocurrio el error FATAL: DcPromo_JoinDomain: The server was not promoted to a domain controller. al migrar desde SBS2003 a SBS2008.
Solucion: Crear un usuario con todos los privilegios de administrador requeridos y lo mas importante un password seguro con MAYUSCULAS, minusculas y numeros no menor a 8 digitos, hacer la migracion desde ese usuario.
Please use the google translator not write in English, I use it, or see 50 episodes of Dora the Explorer.

]]> By: dp http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-208 dp Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:08:56 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-208 I had this problem, mine was caused by a previous attempt of sbs2008 migration left the name in AD Domain Controllers. JMRH is correct, you must analyzed the logs as it contains information about your specific issue. I had this problem, mine was caused by a previous attempt of sbs2008 migration left the name in AD Domain Controllers.
JMRH is correct, you must analyzed the logs as it contains information about your specific issue.

]]> By: ak http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-201 ak Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:55:57 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-201 hi i tried to install sbs2008 but unfortunately there was a power cut in the middle of the install! im now getting an error message in the sbs console that the installation was incomplete. How do i continue or restart the installation??? thanks hi

i tried to install sbs2008 but unfortunately there was a power cut in the middle of the install! im now getting an error message in the sbs console that the installation was incomplete.

How do i continue or restart the installation???

thanks

]]> By: Craig http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Craig Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:54:02 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-193 Thanks for that Kordi. I had a failed first time attemp to migrate from SBS2003 to SBS2008 so all the roles in AD had been transfered to the new server. About to give it another go...hope I have plugged all the holes from the first attemp... Thanks for that Kordi.
I had a failed first time attemp to migrate from SBS2003 to SBS2008 so all the roles in AD had been transfered to the new server.
About to give it another go…hope I have plugged all the holes from the first attemp…

]]> By: kordi http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-181 kordi Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:32:36 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-181 sorry , the orders as follwoing ntdsustil roles connections connect to server "some old server name" quit seize XXXXX transfer xxxx while xxx is the name of the roles (see me last posts for the name) sorry , the orders as follwoing
ntdsustil
roles
connections
connect to server “some old server name”
quit
seize XXXXX
transfer xxxx
while xxx is the name of the roles (see me last posts
for the name)

]]> By: kordi http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-180 kordi Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:29:22 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-180 hi Jhone. just do the following run ntdsutil > then roles> then connections then type: connect to "old server name" then type : seize rid master > then transfer rid master (accept the transfer pop up) do the seize and tranfer for all other roles by reapating the last 2 steps for (schema master, infrastructure master, domain naming master, pdc master) hi Jhone. just do the following
run ntdsutil > then roles> then connections then type: connect to “old server name”
then type : seize rid master > then transfer rid master (accept the transfer pop up)
do the seize and tranfer for all other roles by reapating the last 2 steps for (schema master, infrastructure master, domain naming master, pdc master)

]]> By: Josh http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Josh Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:51:56 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-172 Hi John, How can you tell if you the FSMO roles have been transferred to the new server? My old server seems to work just fine after the failed attempt and it still validates logins.. but no matter what I try - I still cannot get the migration to work!!! Any suggestions? Should I try seizing the five FSMO roles back anyway? How do you do that exactly? is 'NTDSUTIL' a utility that is already in the C:\Windows folder?? Thanks for any feedback you can give me. I am really stuck here.. Josh Hi John,
How can you tell if you the FSMO roles have been transferred to the new server? My old server seems to work just fine after the failed attempt and it still validates logins.. but no matter what I try – I still cannot get the migration to work!!! Any suggestions? Should I try seizing the five FSMO roles back anyway? How do you do that exactly? is ‘NTDSUTIL’ a utility that is already in the C:\Windows folder?? Thanks for any feedback you can give me. I am really stuck here..

Josh

]]> By: JMRH http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-155 JMRH Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:53:19 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-155 Hey, guys. When you get that error message, scroll through carefully and it will tell you where a more detailed log file is kept (C:\program files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs) and in that, you will have more detail. Examples of problems are when you fail in your first attempt, it may have transferred over all of the FSMO roles to the new server. In that case, you have to go to your original server and use NTDSUTIL and seize the five FSMO roles back. This will allow you to attempt your installation again. Now for opinion: I highly recommend that the SBS 2008 be installed in a virtual environment several times as a test, if you can manage it. There are so many sneaky problems that could have been easily avoided, including the ability to actually retry the installation in the case of a failed DCPROMO. (It will allow you to finish and get to the desktop, but the resulting operating system can be a nightmare of crashing wizards and missing applications.) As Dennis Miller says, "That's just my opinion, and I could be wrong." John @ BTN Hey, guys. When you get that error message, scroll through carefully and it will tell you where a more detailed log file is kept (C:\program files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs) and in that, you will have more detail. Examples of problems are when you fail in your first attempt, it may have transferred over all of the FSMO roles to the new server. In that case, you have to go to your original server and use NTDSUTIL and seize the five FSMO roles back. This will allow you to attempt your installation again.

Now for opinion: I highly recommend that the SBS 2008 be installed in a virtual environment several times as a test, if you can manage it. There are so many sneaky problems that could have been easily avoided, including the ability to actually retry the installation in the case of a failed DCPROMO. (It will allow you to finish and get to the desktop, but the resulting operating system can be a nightmare of crashing wizards and missing applications.)

As Dennis Miller says, “That’s just my opinion, and I could be wrong.”

John @ BTN

]]> By: Ragnar http://blog.tanist.co.uk/2008/10/fatal-dcpromo_joindomain-the-server-was-not-promoted-to-a-domain-controller/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Ragnar Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:07:28 +0000 http://blog.tanist.co.uk/?p=30#comment-39 I get the exact error and I have my NIC connected to the internet through a router(manualy configured) during the entire installation. I still get an unrecoverable error "FATAL: DcPromo_JoinDomain: The Server was not promoted to a domain controller". Also the existing SBS2003 has a single nic configuration (always have). I´ve been reading other threads of this simular topic but I can´t find a solution to my problem. Any Ideas anyone? I get the exact error and I have my NIC connected to the internet through a router(manualy configured) during the entire installation. I still get an unrecoverable error “FATAL: DcPromo_JoinDomain: The Server was not promoted to a domain controller”. Also the existing SBS2003 has a single nic configuration (always have). I´ve been reading other threads of this simular topic but I can´t find a solution to my problem. Any Ideas anyone?

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