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I am trying to transfer the FSMO roles to the new DC. To accomplish this I did the follwoing from the current PDC:<br />
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I opened the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in from the Administrative Tools folder and then right-clicked the icon next to Active Directory Users and Computers and selected 'Connect to Domain Controller'' and selected the new DC. At this point I got the error.<br />
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I have ensured the DC points to itself as the preferred DNS server but the situation still persists.<br />
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I am trying to transfer the FSMO roles to the new DC. To accomplish this I did the follwoing from the current PDC:

I opened the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in from the Administrative Tools folder and then right-clicked the icon next to Active Directory Users and Computers and selected 'Connect to Domain Controller'' and selected the new DC. At this point I got the error.

I have ensured the DC points to itself as the preferred DNS server but the situation still persists.



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You recall I previously asked a question regarding the subject and a solution was accepted. However in my attempt to transfer the FSMO roles from thre current PDC to the new DC, i received the following error while trying to connect to the new DC.<br />
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'THE DOMAIN CONTROLLER WAS NOT VALIDATED BECAUSE THE RPC SERVER WAS UNAVAILABLE'.<br />
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Any ideas on how to resolve this issue please? I have a single domain in my forest and both DCs belong to it.<br />
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You recall I previously asked a question regarding the subject and a solution was accepted. However in my attempt to transfer the FSMO roles from thre current PDC to the new DC, i received the following error while trying to connect to the new DC.

'THE DOMAIN CONTROLLER WAS NOT VALIDATED BECAUSE THE RPC SERVER WAS UNAVAILABLE'.

Any ideas on how to resolve this issue please? I have a single domain in my forest and both DCs belong to it.
 


RE: Making a new windows 2003 server the PDC in an existing windows 2000 AD environment

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.