[windows2000] Re: NTDSUTIL precreate
- From: "Dan Manell" <dan.manell@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 16:50:17 +0200
> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis
Appelboom
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 11:58 AM
> This is what google found for me:
>=20
> http://is-it-true.org/nt/nt2000/atips/atips56.shtml
This link talks about various DC roles and uses ntdsutil to do a
couple of things.
Nothing about precreate though.
> http://tinyurl.com/ch4i
A TechNet article on "Using Ntdsutil". Very briefly explains what it
is, nothing more.
Precreate is not mentioned.
> http://tinyurl.com/ch4n
This is a different TechNet article and is similar to an appendix I
found a while back. It iterates the different commands in ntdsutil and
briefly mentions what it does.
Precreate is mentioned thus:
"precreate %s %s=20
Creates a cross-reference object for the domain %s1 allowing a server
named %s2 to be promoted as the domain controller for that domain. The
domain name must be specified by using a fully distinguished name, and
the server must be named by using the fully qualified DNS name"
This is what I already knew, but is obviously not enough since it
doesn't work. The explanation above gives the impression that it is
similar to create a computer account in the domain before installing
the machine. Empirical testing shows that this is not the case.
Something else seems to be needed.
I did find an instruction page on Virginia Tech
<http://www.w2k.vt.edu/EAScenarios.pdf> on how they have done it. But
it was far to complex for our need and still didn't explain _why_
certain things were done. Currently I can't reach their website so I
can't look for more.
I appreciate your effort though. However, I'm more solidified in my
belief that very few knows about precreate and even less knows what to
do with it...
/Dan
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