Adding W2K8 server core (domain controller) to 2003 AD + BIND (DDNS)

Adding W2K8 server core (domain controller) to 2003 AD + BIND (DDNS)

CentOS 5.5

References:

http://bsonposh.com/archives/710

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947034

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/10-Windows-Server-2008-Netsh-commands.html

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738592(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_5

Current infrastructure :

Windows Server 2003 AD with BIND as DDNS server (No Windows DDNS)

1 W2K3 domain controller = dc1

Domain name = mydomain.local

Project Goal:

Add second domain controller  running Windows Server 2008 server core to 2003 AD domain.

1 W2K8 domain controller = dc2

Preparation:

Raise forest and domain levels to Windows Server 2003 on dc1

Run adprep from W2K8 CD on dc1

            adprep /forestprep

            adprep /domainprep /gpprep

On BIND (DDNS)Add IP address of dc2 to acl in /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf

Build W2K8 domain controller (server core)

Configure tcp/ip settings using netsh

            IP address

            Subnet Mask

            Gateway

            DNS server

Add primary dns suffix and connection specific dns suffix using regedit.

HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/TcpIP/Parameters/Domain = primary dns suffix(mydomain.local)

HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/TcpIP/Parameters/Interfaces/Domain = connection specific dns suffix(mydomain.local)

Enable ddns using netsh.

netsh  interface ip set dns name=”2” source=static  addr=IP Address of dc2 register=primary

Rename server.

            Netdom RenameComputer %COMPUTERNAME% /newname:dc2

Restart server.

            Shutdown /r /t 0

Build answer file:

Type notepad and add the following:

[DCINSTALL]

UserName=Administrator

UserDomain=mydomain.local

Password=*

SiteName=Default-First-Site-Name.

ReplicaOrNewDomain=replica

ReplicaDomainDNSName=mydomain.local

DatabasePath="%SYSTEMROOT\NTDS%"

LogPath="%SYSTEMROOT%\NTDS"

SYSVOLPath="%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSVOL"

InstallDNS=NO

ConfirmGC=yes

SafeModeAdminPassword=*

RebootOnCompletion=yes

Run DCPromo

            Dcpromo /unattend:answer.txt

Test

After reboot login to dc2 and check BIND (tail –f /var/log/messages) for successful ddns updates.

Logging to dc1 and open Computer Managemet mmc and connect to dc2 and check the event logs.