Does SBS 2003 Svr support joining the existing Domain ?   

Hi,

Can anyone confirm if the SBS 2003 Svr support joining the existing Domain.

I got the err msg " unable to contact  all Domain Controller " when I run
Domainprep.

Appreciate if you could advise me.

Best Regards

date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:54:48 +0800   author:   Jimmy

Re: Does SBS 2003 Svr support joining the existing Domain ?   

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:54:48 +0800, "Jimmy" 
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Can anyone confirm if the SBS 2003 Svr support joining the existing Domain.
>
>I got the err msg " unable to contact  all Domain Controller " when I run
>Domainprep.
>
>Appreciate if you could advise me.
>
>Best Regards
>
SBS, as far as I'm aware can't join an existing forest. I'm sure that
you can have additional DCs in an SBS domain/forest and you can
certainly have member server.

Doesn't SBS do all the /forestprep, /domainprep and setup for you
automatically?

date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 07:58:45 +0100   author:   Mark Arnold [MVP]

Re: Does SBS 2003 Svr support joining the existing Domain ?   

SBS has to be the first computer in a forest and hold all the FSMO roles. 
You can have additional DC's though.
-- 
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

"Mark Arnold [MVP]"  wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:54:48 +0800, "Jimmy" 
> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Can anyone confirm if the SBS 2003 Svr support joining the existing 
>>Domain.
>>
>>I got the err msg " unable to contact  all Domain Controller " when I run
>>Domainprep.
>>
>>Appreciate if you could advise me.
>>
>>Best Regards
>>
> SBS, as far as I'm aware can't join an existing forest. I'm sure that
> you can have additional DCs in an SBS domain/forest and you can
> certainly have member server.
>
> Doesn't SBS do all the /forestprep, /domainprep and setup for you
> automatically?

date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:52:42 -0700   author:   Scott Harding scrockel@**NO_SPAM**hotmail.com

Re: Does SBS 2003 Svr support joining the existing Domain ?   

Thanks, Scott for your reply.

Thot it might be good to share with others the below link.

 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;884453 on the
setup.

Rgds


"Scott Harding" <scrockel@**NO_SPAM**hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> SBS has to be the first computer in a forest and hold all the FSMO roles.
> You can have additional DC's though.
> -- 
> Scott Harding
> MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
> Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server
>
> "Mark Arnold [MVP]"  wrote in message
> news:v9haa11bf83drrchp1am3rg8a3cumulhdm@4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:54:48 +0800, "Jimmy" 
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Can anyone confirm if the SBS 2003 Svr support joining the existing
> >>Domain.
> >>
> >>I got the err msg " unable to contact  all Domain Controller " when I
run
> >>Domainprep.
> >>
> >>Appreciate if you could advise me.
> >>
> >>Best Regards
> >>
> > SBS, as far as I'm aware can't join an existing forest. I'm sure that
> > you can have additional DCs in an SBS domain/forest and you can
> > certainly have member server.
> >
> > Doesn't SBS do all the /forestprep, /domainprep and setup for you
> > automatically?
>
>

date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 00:46:32 +0800   author:   Jimmy