2008 domain upgrade

[Lordmathos]

Hi I am currently perfoming a test migration from 2003 r2 to 2008 r2.

I have preped the ad schema and forest, installed 2008 r2 with ad ds and have transfered all the fsmo roles to the new 2008 r2 domain controller but when I run dcpromo on the 2003 r2 server to remove active directory I keep on getting the error message:

The operation failed because:

Active directory could not transfer the remaining data in the directory partition Dc=ForestDnsZones,DC=testdomain,DC=Local to domain controller \\newdc.testdomain.local

"The directory service was unable to transfer ownership of one or more floating single-master operation roles to other servers."

any ideas before i go any further?

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[AW78]

well one of the roles has not transfered, you need to check which one hasnt gone over....

type on a dc

netdom query /domain:"domainname" FSMO

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[Lordmathos]

Just tried that and all the fsmo rules have been transfered from the old 2003 dc

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[AW78]

Got to ask! you do the schema master aswell?

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[Lordmathos]

schema master
domain naming master
pdc
rid pool master
infrastructure master



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[AW78]

Cheers, ok..


can you remove the old server as a GC..then try

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[AW78]

and make sure the new one is set to Gc..

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[Lordmathos]

I have removed the global catalogue role from the old dc already

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.

 

[Lordmathos]

have made the new server the gc as well

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[AW78]

Have a read of this..sound similar?

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=139090

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[Stevehewitt]

Test your new DC by unplugging your old one for a few hours. If all good and your 100% sure the roles are on the new box then DCPROMO /Forceremove on the old box with the NIC unplugged.

On your new server run NTDSUTIL and run a metadata cleanup.

Check DNS too!!

Steve.

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