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Adprep error - Server 2000 to Server 2008r2

I am planning on adding a new server 08r2 DC into the forest soon to an existing Server 2000 SP4 environment which has 2 DC's. So i ran the adprep /forestprep utility on the main DC that has all the fsmo roles, and i got this error:
Entry DN: CN=uid,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=xxxx,DC=com
Add error on line 2: Busy
The server side error is "A database error has occurred."
An error has occurred in the program
ERROR:Import from file C:\WINNT\system\sch22.ldf failed. Error file is saved in ldif.err.22

How can i resolve this?

Mike Kline

Run adprep32 /forestprep. adprep is for 64 bit boxes. Since your 2000 box is x32 use that

See my screenshot from a 2008 R2 disk. You should see both versions.

Thanks

Mike
adprep32.png

Bill H

ASKER

i ran adprep32...

PACSAdmin

A direct upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2008 R2 is not supported see below

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/why-upgrade-2000.aspx

Bill H

ASKER

this is not a direct upgrade.......
i am running adprep on my existing Server 2000 DC to prepare for an 08 r2 server i plan on adding next week.

PACSAdmin

what i mean is the domain functional level needs to be windows 2003 at a minimum

Bill H

ASKER

How can it be at 2003 when i only have 2 Windows 2000 DCs???

PACSAdmin

Exactly... That is why you cant add a 2008 R2 server to a 2000 domain

Bill H

ASKER

lol, thanks for the help but you are incorrect.

PACSAdmin

i was under the impression that you can with Windows 2008 but not with R2. I do stand to be corrected though and if i am wrong my apologies

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Mike Kline

Try running dcdiag and seeing if there are any errors on the DC. So you ran it on the schema master with an account that is in the schema admins group with adprep32 that part is ok then.

Mike Kline

Did you use the method mentioned at the end of this blog

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/02/11/71405.aspx

...just making sure