dcpromo failure

[Nigel Fowles]

Hi all,

I currently have a Windows 2003 Member Server which I want
to promote to a DC. Since this server is over the WAN I
am running dcpromo /adv and pointing the wizard to the
restored System State on the local hard drive.

Dcpromo appears to go through OK - it finishes, says it's
now a DC, even adds the server to the correct site -
however, it does say it reported errors and I should check
the log.

After checking dcpromo.log the only [ERROR] message that
appears is right at the end and it says:

[ERROR] Setting security on server files failed with 1208.

What I would usually do after I'd run dcpromo is to
install DNS but this fails with "cannot copy file
dnsperf.h" - tried various locations and CD's but still
get the same error.

This MUST be tied to the dcpromo failure but I'm all out
of ideas? Can anyone help?

Thanks.

Nige999

[SELVAM_1]

This error can be the result of a corrupted Secedit.sdb security database.

To fix the problem:

1. Open a CMD prompt.

2. Type esentutl /p %SystemRoot%\security\database\secedit.sdb /v /x and press Enter.

3. Type Del /q %SystemRoot%\security\Edb.log and press Enter.

4. Type Del /q %SystemRoot%\security\Edb0*.log and press Enter.

5. Rerun DCpromo.exe.

[Nigel Fowles]

Thanks for the very quick response. Downtime is required on the server, so we'll try tomorrow and let you know how we get on.

Thanks again.

[Nigel Fowles]

Thanks. The utility seemed to do the trick - the switches didn't seem to work but we got round that and it dcpromo'd just fine. Thanks again.

[SELVAM_1]

Hi

Is it Your problem solved ?. If yes means please close it.

Selvam