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How to use dcpromo /UseExistingAccount:Attach on a core, error regarding answer file

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  • Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:08 PM
     
     
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    Hi,

    I´m doing it wrong I guess but as I understood I could prestage an RODC core install in Active Directory which I did so now I see the Computer name under the Domain Controllers OU.

    On the core server I run the command, dcpromo /UseExistingAccount:Attach as local Administrator since I guess I should not join it to the domain or? Anyway, I get the message back saying "An answer file or unattended installation command-line parameters must be specified.

    If I still need an answer file why not skip the prestage and do it via answer file directly?

    Regards

    Johan

     

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  • Friday, November 18, 2011 7:34 AM
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    Hi,

     

    To attach a server to an RODC account by entering unattended installation parameters at the command line:

     

    1.    At a command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

     

    dcpromo /unattend /UseExistingAccount:Attach /ReplicaDomainDNSName:<FullyQualifiedDomainName> /UserDomain:<FullyQualifiedDomainName> /UserName:<DomainName>\<UserName> /password:* /<unattendOption>:<value> /<unattendOption>:<value> ...

     

    Where:

    l  <FullyQualifiedDomainName> is the FQDN of the domain where you are installing the RODC. For /UserDomain, enter the domain name for the user name (that is, account credentials) that will be used to install a domain controller.

    l  <DomainName>\<UserName> is the account credentials of the user with the rights to attach the server to the RODC account, in the Windows NT format.

    l  <unattendOption> is an option in the UseExistingAccount Operation (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122102) table. Separate each <option>:<value> pair with a space.

    l  <value> is the configuration instruction for the option.

     

    The following example attaches a server to an RODC account in the contoso.com domain with additional installation options, using the domain credentials of the contoso\da1 account:

     

    dcpromo /unattend /UseExistingAccount:Attach /ReplicaDomainDNSName: contoso.com /UserDomain:contoso.com /UserName:contoso\da1 /password:* /databasePath:"e:\Windows\ntds" /logPath:"e:\Windows\ntds" /sysvolpath:"e:\Windows\sysvol" /safeModeAdminPassword:FH#3573.cK /rebootOnCompletion:yes

     

    2. When you finish typing all the options that are required to create the RODC account, press ENTER.

     

    For more information, please refer to the following Microsoft TechNet article:

     

    Performing a Staged RODC Installation by Using the Command Line

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391945(WS.10).aspx

     

    Regards,

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    • Proposed As Answer by JohanHan Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:01 PM
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  • Friday, November 18, 2011 10:14 AM
     
     
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    Hi Arthur,

    Thanks for the link!!

    I tried the command and it would have worked if I only had one domain,

    I ran this command:

    dcpromo /unattend /UseExistingAccount:Attach /ReplicaDomainDNSName:domain2.dom.com /UserDomain:domain2.dom.com /UserName:domain2\adminname /password:pass /databasePath:"C:\Windows\NTDS" /logPath:"C:\Windows\NTDS" /sysvolpath:"C:\Windows\SYSVOL" /safeModeAdminPassword:pass /rebootOnCompletion:yes

    By running the above command it looks after an object in the topdomain and not domain2
    Error message below:
     
    Dcpromo was unable to locate an account named "domserver2" in the forest name "domain1.dom.com". To make this server a read-only domain controller (RODC), you must first create an account for it in the domain.
    Regards