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HowToCreateAdditionalDomainController(ADC)InWindowsServer2008

HowToCreateAdditionalDomainController(ADC)In
WindowsServer2008
byFarshadonJanuary21,2011

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HavingasingleDomainControllercanbequiteriskybecauseincaseofanykindofhardwareorsome
othertechnicalfailure,theentirenetworkcanbedestroyed.Recently,wewroteaguideonHowto
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anAdditionalDomainController(ADC).HavinganADCmeansthatincaseyourprimaryDomain
fails,ittakesoverthefunctionsofthePrimaryDomainandkeepsthenetworkfunctional.Client
operatingsystemsinthisscenariodonotgetdisconnectedandacompletenetworkfailureishence,
avoided.Moreover,oneormoreADCscanhelpinbalancingloadoftheDomain,faulttoleranceandto
improvetheavailabilityandreliabilityofnetworkservices.
Togetstarted,gotothecommandpromptorRun,typedcpromoandhitEnter.Whetheryouaremaking
aDomain,ChildDomain,ADCorremovinganyofthem,thedcpromocommandisused.

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ThiswilltakeyoutothefirststepofthewizardfromwhereyoucancreateanAdditionalDomain
Controller.MakesurethattheadvancemodeinstallationoptionisuncheckedandclickNext.Incase
youarewonderingwhattheadvancemodeinstallationisusedfor,itisusedformakingaRODC(Read
OnlyDomainController).AnRODCisusedbyorganizationstodeployaDC(DomainController)in
scenarioswherephysicalsecurityissuesoccur,suchasasubsidiarybranchoffice.Itcanalsobeused
wherelocalstorageofdomainpasswordsisunsafe.

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Inthenextstepyouwillseethesamepageregardingoperatingsystemcompatibilitywhichappears
whenmakingaDC.SimplyclickNexttoproceed.

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Whenchoosingadeploymentconfiguration,selectExistingForest,thenselectAddaDomainController
toanexistingforestandhitNext.

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Afterthat,youwillbeaskedfornetworkcredentialswhichinotherwordsmeansthatyouneedtoenter
thenameoftheDomainthatyouwishtoconnectthisservertoasanADC.AfteraddingtheDomain
name,clickontheSetbutton.

ThiswillpromptyoutoentercredentialstoconnecttotheDomain.Note:thecredentialsmusthave
administrativeprivileges.InthiscaseIamusinganaccountthatisapartoftheDomainControllers
group.Afterverifyingtheinformation,thewizardwillallowyoutoproceedfurther.ClickNexttocontinue.

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InthenextsectionyouwillbeaskedtoselectaDomainController.TheDomainControlleryouentered
inthepreviousstepwillbeselectedbydefault,simplymoveforwardtothenextstep.

Whenselectingasitename,leavethedefaultsitenameasitisandproceed.

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MakesurethattheDNSServerandGlobalCatalogcheckboxesarecheckedandhitNext.Note:donot
checkRODC.

JustlikewhencreatingaDomain,youwillgetthechoicetosetalocationforthedatabase,SYSVOLand
NTDSfiles.Youmaychangethedestinationorletthemremaininthedefaultlocationandproceedto
thenextstep.

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Movingforward,youwillbeaskedtosavearestoremodepassword(whichisseparatefromtheDomain
Administratorsaccount).Asmentionedinthepreviouspost,thispasswordisconfiguredtobeused
whentheDomainControllerisstartedinDirectoryServicesRestoreMode.Chooseapasswordandclick
Next.

Finally,youwillbepresentedwithasummaryoftheselectedoptionswhichyoucanreviewbefore
movingforward.

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TheActiveDirectoryDomainInstallationWizardwillconfigureservicesandtakeyoutothenextstep,
whereyousimplyneedtoclickFinishtocompletetheprocess.

Youwillbepromptedtorestartthesystemafterwhichyourconfigurationswilltakeeffect.Finallyyoucan
loginwithaDomainaccountandmanageyourAdditionalDomainController.

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Excellentpost...veryhelpful...

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usefulpost...gudjob

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itsveryhelpful

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Goodjob

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Tono3yearsago

Good,helpful.Ihaveadoubt.IhaveandAD,DNSandDHCPrunningwindows2008
server.IwanttomakeADC,SecondaryDNSandadditionalDHCPinanotherwindows
2008server.WhatarethestepsIshouldfollow

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Vengat3yearsago

pleaseletusknow,shouldiassignthesameIPAddress(PrimaryDomaincontrollerIP
Address)frombackupdomaincontrollerordifferentIPAddress.

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vengat3yearsago

letmeknowminimumrequirementsofbackupdomaincontroller

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Rizo2yearsago

Itisreallyhelpful.Thanksalot

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kashesh2yearsago

ihaveserver2008domaincontrolleriwannamakeadsserver2003isitpossible??

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Brilliant.Appreciate

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