jwc1972

Hello

We have 3 domain controller within our network one in head office in leeds another in london and one in gatwick The london server is having disk probelms I need to re build this server which is a dell server 2500. I can't remember what i did to get this on the network do i rebuild the server Then join to the main domain which is unsgroup then do i ran dcprom? after that i get lost The london to leeds connect by vpn

2xgrump

Hi jwc1972,

yes, you will run dcpromo to have this server setup as a DC, will this be a backup DC or the main DC? what type of server do you have? 2003 or 2007? As for VPN, do you need this setup as a VPN server or connect to a VPN server in another office? I'm a bit confused with what you're trying to do.

Here are some helpful links to get you started with your project:
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-623...sageID=2163248

VPN stuff:
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/2008vpn1.htm
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=64926
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...3-b9be00ff7c76

jwc1972

Cheers for the reply i'm trying to reruild/New the london server which is a domain contoller with in our network Sorry about the vpn things it is a site to site vpn from our cisco router to an asa505 firewall box in london I just want to re build the server as it is now but with a newer server i have acquired I came across this nt backup the system state reboot the server in directory mode

2xgrump

Whe you said "nt backup the system state reboot the server in directory mode". Were you trying to restore your Sys State backup using the NT Backup? and it is unsuccessful. Re-building your AD can be complicate and 100% you'll come across with issues. If you are restoring the System State data to a domain controller, you must choose whether you want to perform a primary restore, an authoritative restore or a nonauthoritative restore.

jwc1972

wow quick reponse, i did that about 3 years a restore of the directory which work very lucky i think. No i was try to plan this properly for a change then document this what we did for furture reference. The active directory is install in our leeds office which gets pushed out to gatwich and london servers I what to put a newer server in the london office which i thought was dcpromo reading various post about this do i have to install active directory in london then? some how change the fsmo roles? now i'm confused I just wanted the london server to be setup up as it is now with its owns dns and dchp and file server share for the users in london

2xgrump

If you are going to start fresh which is good, use dcpromo and configure all needed server roles for this server.