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How can I fix this dcpromo error when adding a second DC to my domain?

Asked by JannieT in Active Directory

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I have a domain with 1 DC called "Servant" which runs Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
I would like to add a second DC running Windows 2003 R2 Standard Edition.

Before running dcpromo I prepared the w2k schema with the adprep tools. The DNS on SERVANT is DNS integrated and looks healthy.

Running dcpromo ends with this error box:
http://www.kanokbannasan.org/relocation/error.png

I am loggend in as the domain administrator and retried with the domain admin credentials without success. The administrator profile is a member of the Enterprise Admins group.

The relevant part of the DCPROMO.LOG file says this:

02/07 10:40:46 [INFO] Active Directory updated the schema cache.
02/07 10:40:46 [INFO] Replicating the configuration directory partition
02/07 10:40:50 [INFO] Replicating CN=Configuration,DC=OMF-Publishers,DC=local: received 1000 out of approximately 3424 objects
02/07 10:40:53 [INFO] Replicating CN=Configuration,DC=OMF-Publishers,DC=local: received 1755 out of approximately 3424 objects
02/07 10:40:53 [INFO] Replicated the configuration container.
02/07 10:40:54 [INFO] Error - The Active Directory Installation Wizard was unable to convert the computer account JAMES$ to a domain controller account. (5)
02/07 10:40:54 [INFO] NtdsInstall for OMF-Publishers.local returned 5
02/07 10:40:54 [INFO] DsRolepInstallDs returned 5
02/07 10:40:54 [ERROR] Failed to install to Directory Service (5)

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Zone: Active Directory
Tags: The operation failed because: The Active Directory Installation Wizard was unable to convert the computer account JAMES$ to a domain controller account. "Access is denied."
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