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October 3, 2007 at 12:08 PM
tool001

windows server 2003 r2 compatibility with Windows Server 2003 SBS

by tool001 . Updated 18 years, 10 months ago

We have only 1 DC running
1)
WINDOWS Server 2003 R2 Small Business Server.(standard ed)32bit
the AD is running off this server,

Recently purchased another server running
2) Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Ed.

I wanted to make the second (2) server (Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Ed) my backup domain controller.

i tried to run DCPROMO after running adprep successfully on the DC. But when i ran DCPROMO, i got error to prepare both forest and domain (which has already been done)
& The version of AD schema of sourse forest is not compatible with this version of AD.”

Dell mentioned that even though they are both running windows, i cannot promote the 2nd server as AD version is not the same. If i want to create another backup DC i have to install 2003 SBS on it.

wondering if this is correct and if anybody has come across this issue.

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