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by fawazj

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I am trying to install an additional server in the same forest, tree and domain, however at some steps when you want to instal the AD on the additional server the system gives a message that it does not see the main server.

What are the main steps to be done on the main server and on the additional server in installing an additional server?

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by ins413

IP settings seem to be the usual suspect when this occurs. Especially DNS. Make sure that you have the preffered dns server ip correct. If you do, try to ping by IP address first. Next try to ping the main server by FQDN, example:
ping SERVER.DOMAIN.COM. If you are successful at this then you may go ahead with your upgrade. If not, recheck your IP settings to confirm they are correct. Goto command prompt and flush the local dns cache: (ipconfig /flushdns). Then reregister the dns withthe dns server:(ipconfig /registerdns). Then try pinging the server by FQDN again. I've run inot a problem where this did not work as well, and as a last resort, I manually added the server's IP address as a host record in the dns database and it seemed to have worked. Hope this helps.

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by ins413

Before adding the record manually, reboot the machine and try to ping from command prompt.

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