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From: JoeM on 28 Apr 2010 18:48 I am testing Windows Server 2008R2 (evaluation copy) to see how well it will work in our current system. We currently have a 2003 Server that someone else setup, this server is going to be removed, and the network is being setup from scratch. I have created a Domain(if anyone has steps for this just so I can check my work, this would be appropriated). When I go to either the XP machine or Windows 7 machine, and have it join the domain I get the error "An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "corp.joe.com could not be contacted" Ensure that the domain name is typed correctly". I can log into the server if I use ""\\computername"" Any ideas, steps to try, etc would be appriciated.
From: Leythos on 28 Apr 2010 21:09 In article <F88738B3-C189-4562-A882-EC014231348A(a)microsoft.com>, JoeM(a)discussions.microsoft.com says... > > I am testing Windows Server 2008R2 (evaluation copy) to see how well it will > work in our current system. We currently have a 2003 Server that someone > else setup, this server is going to be removed, and the network is being > setup from scratch. > > I have created a Domain(if anyone has steps for this just so I can check my > work, this would be appropriated). When I go to either the XP machine or > Windows 7 machine, and have it join the domain I get the error "An Active > Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "corp.joe.com could not be > contacted" Ensure that the domain name is typed correctly". I can log into > the server if I use ""\\computername"" Any ideas, steps to try, etc would > be appriciated. Joe, with all due respect, hire a consultant to walk you through this. It's easy to setup multiple SBS servers on the same network if you have a good understanding of DNS and DHCP and how they are used by each client to each server. I have a simple SBS 2003 system here in my office, on the same network is a SBS 2008 server, and I have multiple computers connected to both and they are separate (meaning some are SBS 2003 clients, others are 2008 clients) and they all operate just fine (there are no trusts between them). We could spend dozens of posts explaining how to do this or you could just setup a different network for your testing - which is a lot easier if you don't know what you're doing. Make sure that you don't have both the new and old SBS on the same network with DHCP enabled on both - that's bad and will cause you no end to problems. One other thing - if you're not using the wizards for everything then you're going to ruin the setup. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Leythos on 28 Apr 2010 21:26 In article <MPG.2642a65430a3178b98a317(a)us.news.astraweb.com>, spam999free(a)rrohio.com says... > > In article <F88738B3-C189-4562-A882-EC014231348A(a)microsoft.com>, > JoeM(a)discussions.microsoft.com says... > > > > I am testing Windows Server 2008R2 (evaluation copy) to see how well it will > > work in our current system. We currently have a 2003 Server that someone > > else setup, this server is going to be removed, and the network is being > > setup from scratch. > > > > I have created a Domain(if anyone has steps for this just so I can check my > > work, this would be appropriated). When I go to either the XP machine or > > Windows 7 machine, and have it join the domain I get the error "An Active > > Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "corp.joe.com could not be > > contacted" Ensure that the domain name is typed correctly". I can log into > > the server if I use ""\\computername"" Any ideas, steps to try, etc would > > be appriciated. > > Joe, with all due respect, hire a consultant to walk you through this. > > It's easy to setup multiple SBS servers on the same network if you have > a good understanding of DNS and DHCP and how they are used by each > client to each server. > > I have a simple SBS 2003 system here in my office, on the same network > is a SBS 2008 server, and I have multiple computers connected to both > and they are separate (meaning some are SBS 2003 clients, others are > 2008 clients) and they all operate just fine (there are no trusts > between them). > > We could spend dozens of posts explaining how to do this or you could > just setup a different network for your testing - which is a lot easier > if you don't know what you're doing. Make sure that you don't have both > the new and old SBS on the same network with DHCP enabled on both - > that's bad and will cause you no end to problems. > > One other thing - if you're not using the wizards for everything then > you're going to ruin the setup. Joe, if I didn't understand properly, thinking you were talking about SBS, please ignore my reply. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Bill Grant on 28 Apr 2010 21:54 "JoeM" <JoeM(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F88738B3-C189-4562-A882-EC014231348A(a)microsoft.com... > I am testing Windows Server 2008R2 (evaluation copy) to see how well it > will > work in our current system. We currently have a 2003 Server that someone > else setup, this server is going to be removed, and the network is being > setup from scratch. > > I have created a Domain(if anyone has steps for this just so I can check > my > work, this would be appropriated). When I go to either the XP machine or > Windows 7 machine, and have it join the domain I get the error "An Active > Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "corp.joe.com could not > be > contacted" Ensure that the domain name is typed correctly". I can log > into > the server if I use ""\\computername"" Any ideas, steps to try, etc > would > be appriciated. You have set up a DC in a new domain. Is it also in a new network? How do the machines in this network get their network config? The clients of the new domain need to use the DNS server on the new DC. If they are using DHCP in the old network they will be set up to use the old DC.
From: Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] on 29 Apr 2010 01:32
Hello JoeM, Sounds like basic DNS configuration, please post an unedited ipconfig all from the new DC/DNS server and a client you try to join. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > I am testing Windows Server 2008R2 (evaluation copy) to see how well > it will work in our current system. We currently have a 2003 Server > that someone else setup, this server is going to be removed, and the > network is being setup from scratch. > > I have created a Domain(if anyone has steps for this just so I can > check my work, this would be appropriated). When I go to either the > XP machine or Windows 7 machine, and have it join the domain I get the > error "An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain > "corp.joe.com could not be contacted" Ensure that the domain name is > typed correctly". I can log into the server if I use > ""\\computername"" Any ideas, steps to try, etc would be > appriciated. > |