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promoting 2000 box to domain controller

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by olisao55 1 view

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I get this error when promoting a member
server to a domain controller

I have searched everywhere without any luck.

The operation failed because:

The Directory Service failed to create the server object for CN=NTDS Settings,CN=LCFPROXY,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=zeus on server VPN. Please ensure
the network credentials provided have sufficient access to add a replica.

"A Service Principal Name (SPN) could not be constructed because the provided hostname is not in the necessary format.

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by quintar51

Make sure you're specifying the enterprise Admin credentials during the promotion.

"Please ensure
the network credentials provided have sufficient access to add a replica"

Only Enterprise Admins have access to modify the schema, which technically is what is happening during DCPROMO.

by quintar51

Also, it doesn't sound like it, but in case this is your first domain controller (root of the forest), make sure you have the Remote Registry Service started.

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