Lenovo Mobile R&D Center Shanghai Branch
(Jan. 2007)
Windows 2000 Active Directory Upgrade to Windows 2003 R2:
Domain Control: 2
Transition PC: 1
Step 1:
Install Windows Server 2003 R2 on transition PC (with DNS Server)
Add it to the Active Directory
Step 2:
Insert "Disc 2" of Windows Server 2003 in the CDROM drive of PDC
Enter folder X:\CMPNENTS\R2\ADPREP
Run the adprep command:
adprep /forestprep
adprep /domainprep
adprep /domainprep /gpprep (for windows 2003 sp1 or higher)
Step 3:
1. Upgrade transition PC to Domain Control
2. Transfer FSMO roles to New Domain Control(BDC2)
3. Downgrade BDC to PC2
4. Downgrade PDC to PC1
5. Install Windows Server 2003 R2 on PC1 and PC2
6. Upgrade PC1 to Primary Domain Control(PDC)
7. Transfer FSMO roles to PDC
8. Downgrade BDC2
9. Upgrade PC2 to Backup Domain Control(BDC)
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