Comments on: Upgrade From Win 2000 to Win 2003 server http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/upgrade-from-win-2000-to-win-2003-server/ Wed, 22 May 2013 18:27:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: skmehab http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/upgrade-from-win-2000-to-win-2003-server/#comment-45091 skmehab Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:25:07 +0000 #comment-45091 Hi,

You are absolutely right in your plan and the advice by petroleumman is there. Go ahead!

Good Luck,

]]> By: adanbluearc http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/upgrade-from-win-2000-to-win-2003-server/#comment-45092 adanbluearc Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:34:53 +0000 #comment-45092 You need to prepare the schema for AD 2003 on the existing domain.

You run ‘adprep /forestprep’. Then ‘adprep /dcprep’. You find ‘adprep’ on the 2003 Server CD. It is good practice to run ‘dcdiag’ and ‘netdiag’ beforehand to make sure everything is clean.

Once this is done, you’ll be ready to install AD (dcpromo) on a fresh 2003 member server.

For more info, do a search on ‘adprep’, you should get lots of detailed info.

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