Forestprep and Domainprep 2008

No it will not. I would suggest running a dcdiag and a netdiag and try to remove all errors first if any.

User will not come to know even there something cooking in the background running ADprep..:)

Adprep /forestprep & adprep /domainprep only add extra classes & attribute along with the permission to ensure that higher windows version is well supported with all the option.

i would suggest taking system state backup which is best with Ntback in case of restore required & also check any legacy application which might be not as compatible with schema ext as i didn't realize doing for hundred upgrade till now.

There is no requirement to do it in offline mode as there is no issue reported for upgradation as it add classes & attributes.

As there is few dc still i would suggest give some time to complete the replication & run dcdiag to ensure all is well.

Adprep /forestprep & adprep /domainprep only add extra classes & attribute along with the permission to ensure that higher windows version is well supported with all the option so as per my experience this never effects to the daily business but you must take care of one thing that there must not any other ad appending/editing/backup/restore of ad server is going on the same time if they are running then the adprep and domainprep will stop running with an error but this will also never harm your current infrastructure.

Thanks for your help.  I am getting error messages on adprep32 about call to function.  I'm curious, the server is actually overheating (I've been on them about this)  Can that cause adprep to fail as looking at technet's listings of normal call to function errors already check out.

I guess I just don't want to spin my wheels messing with the sysvol folders/permissions if it's the fact the server is running dangerously hot.

Can u please post detailed error also check the event viewer for any errors related to adprep and post them as well.

Glad to...

I have removed the AV. I will say the scripts folder is missing from the root of the shared SysVol.  Not sure how to put it there.

I did get domainprep without gpprep finished just when you add the gpprep it will fail.  Does this mean that the group policy might not necesarily carry over and I could move forward with setting up the 2008 server as a domain server?
ADPrep.log

I hope you followed the link.

Is adprep /forestprep & adprep /domainprep
completed successfully w/o any error.

http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sanderberkouwer/archive/2008/03/02/transitioning-your-active-directory-to-windows-server-2008.aspx

Yes, forestprep and domainprep were updated successfully.  When I tried to do a adprep /domainprep /gpprep I get the call back function error.

Would it be better to just try to promote the 2008 server now or attempt to do the D2 fix?

Untill all the errors are gone, dcpromo might not work properly so its better to do D2 fix.

Run dcdiag & check there is no error event then only dcpromo 2008 dc.

Gpprep error you can ignore.

I get dcdiag errors.  Will the above fix this do you think?
ddiag.txt

Oh, my mistake the gpprep error is due to script folder is missing, id didn't noticed the error which is trying to assign the permission on sysvol folder.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd464018%28WS.10%29.aspx#BKMK_CallBack

First correct the sysvol issue & run adprep /domainprep /gpprep again.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/12/15/troubleshooting-adprep-errors.aspx

Your dc1 doesn't have netlogons shared so thats the reason & it will not allow to configure 2008 as an DC until you rectify the sysvol error.

Use Burflag to copy the sysvol completely from other dc so it should have all the folder with proper permission.

Sysvol can take time to replicate the data from other dc.

The problem is I can't add a SCRIPTS folder to the sysvol shared.  I can add a new folder but it won't let me rename it.  Is it safe to give myself rights on that folder (administrator)?

You don't do it manually as scripts folder is shared netlogon, which can break the sysvol, follow the article & it will do it automatically & if there is no dc, copy the sysvol folder with scripts & policy folder & after doing D2, it will share automatically, don't change anything manual which can cause serious damage.


 

Ok, just one final question.  The directions say to move data out of the preexisting folder before I restart the service.  What is the folder it's speaking of?

Actually a second question, because I want to do this right.  I have to do this on both DCs, the one that is holding the netlogon and sysvol folders should have the D4 registry add and the other server (where it will replicate to) should have the D2?

The NtFrs_PreExisting, refer below link.

http://diaryproducts.net/about/operating_systems/windows/non_authoritative_restore_ntfrs_frs_windows

You can read when you get time.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507518%28VS.85%29.aspx

Dc which is having healthy sysvol with no FRS error in event log don't need any settings on that, the D2 is only required on problem domain controller.

So just do D2 on problem dc or else copy the files shown in technet link.

Thank you.  It turned out to be a wrap error that was causing replication issues.  But the D2 fixed it.

Now the new 2008 domain controller is up and the FSMO roles have been transferred.  Something you said has made me nervous though so I wanted to ask.  

There are 2 scripts in the SCRIPTS folder.  One is outdated and needs to be removed as it's calling up instation of software we no longer use.  The other needs to be edited for network mappings to connect to the new server.  My question is, am I safe to just edit the script files (will make a backup) using notepad and save or should this be done another way?

Scripts in SCRIPTS folder can be removed but SCRIPTS folder which is shared as netlogon should not be touched.

Glad, everything is working fine now, yes due to journal wrap error it happens, windows 2008 is better to overcome Journal wrap condition.