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by pranav.desai

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I am trying to promote a stand alone server to the domain controller, however when i run DCpromo i get error message stating "managin network session failed ...network path not found.
I believe this is caused when DC is published incorrectly in DNS. Can anyone show me how to resolve this issue. At this point I am willing to try any alternative solutions you might suggest. I would greatly appreciate your help.

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by quintar51

is this promotion for you a new forest? new tree? additional DC?

The problem is 99% related to DNS when it comes to dcpromo issues.

Check your DNS zones. If this is the only server in your network, then you just need a forward lookup zone. a reverse lookup zone is optional.

make sure you're using standard primary zones with dynamic update enabled. If you right-click on the zone and go to properties, you can see if dynamic update is enabled or not.

You can use dcdiag.exe utility to check whether you're server is ready for promotion or not.

take a look at this article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q265706

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by acattr

definately DNS. Check that the stand alone server is a member of the domain, and that it's TCP/IP properties show your AD DNS servers.

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