asked on Adding 2012 server in a 2003 domain
raised domain and forrest level to 2003, ran dcdiags, then adprep all looked good. Added Active Directory Domain service and when i get to the prompt to promote to domain controller it does not see the 2003 domain, it says it can't find a 2008 or 2012 domain. My thoughts are it's a dns issue but nothing difinitive in event viewer? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Windows Server 2003Windows Server 2012Active Directory
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icn2pcs
I believe this is a compatibility issue. Windows Server 2003 is not supported as far as I can remember
Check the remote registry service on the 2003 DC and make sure it's set to Automatic, it's started, and the security context is set to NT Authority\Local Service.
if you are referring to the yellow bar at the top saying it couldn't find a 2008/2008 R2 or 2012 domain controller, you can ignore it
it is just a warning that you can't make that first 2012 server a read-only domain controller
it is just a warning that you can't make that first 2012 server a read-only domain controller
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both settings are there.
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the install button is greyed out
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Issue ended up being a misconfigured DNS server. Once DNS was properly setup was able to continue and complete domain migration from 2003 to 2012.