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Here is the steps:<br />
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<a href="http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1233777&page=1" rel="ugc">http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1233777&page=1</a>
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Here is the steps:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1233777&page=1 [http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1233777&page=1]

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after how you can test it ?
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You can test your DNS by typing nslookup and search for one of the machines on the network.<br />
if it finds then all is working, also your should be able to get ip addresses from DNS.<br />

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You can test your DNS by typing nslookup and search for one of the machines on the network.
if it finds then all is working, also your should be able to get ip addresses from DNS.


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You would install the OS within a VM then run dcpromo to add the DC to the domain as a domain controller<br />
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Is your current box a 2008 server?
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You would install the OS within a VM then run dcpromo to add the DC to the domain as a domain controller

Is your current box a 2008 server?

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i have a dc running and i want to install it on my wmware<br />
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what is the best way to do it
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i have a dc running and i want to install it on my wmware

what is the best way to do it

step to move a dc to a new box

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.