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DCPROMO Server 2003

We need some help figuring out what DCPROMO will do when we run it.
We have a new server Windows 2012 that has been properly joined to the DOMAIN.
ALL user data has been moved as well as applications.
Questions:
1. will the logon.bat files transfer to the new server
2. will I see the old user accounts that were on the DC 2003, in the 2012 server?
3. any forseeable issues?

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Kevin Vaughn

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Thanks for the link, it led to something that I really needed to know and was absolutely helpful.
That led to this in their step 6:
FSMO Roles Transfer before DCPROMO to demote or remove 2003 or other DC

Kevin Vaughn

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Followed the guide in the above posting. It worked great. At the step where you run DCPROMO on the old Windows 2003 DC it can't find any other controllers. This despite having transferred all FSMO roles to the new DC Windows Server 2012. When I run dcdiag /q I get the following up put. help?

There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after the

SYSVOL has been shared. Failing SYSVOL replication problems may cause

Group Policy problems.
......................... FATALBERT failed test frsevent
An Warning Event occured. EventID: 0x80250828
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:36:32
(Event String could not be retrieved)
......................... FATALBERT failed test kccevent
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0060008
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:00:29
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0060008
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:00:29
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:39
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:39
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:39
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:40
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:40
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:40
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:40
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:41
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:41
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:41
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457
Time Generated: 11/26/2014 08:32:41
(Event String could not be retrieved)
......................... FATALBERT failed test systemlog
Warning: DcGetDcName(GC_SERVER_REQUIRED) call failed, error 1355
A Global Catalog Server could not be located - All GC's are down.
......................... cms.local failed test FsmoCheck