We are having Windows Server 2003 computer on a domain that works as the PDC. We purchased a new machine of Dell that has Windows Storage Server 2008 installed. We want a way to setup the new computer as thePDC and phase out the old computer, that is, add new computer as a secondary domain controller, promote it to primary and then demote the old computer. On the Windows Server 2003 machine we did a forestprep and a domainprep. We then tried to power up the Windows Storage Server 2008 and added the Active Directory Domain Services role. After that, we simply clicked on the link to run Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard but it doesnt seems to work. So, we ran command prompt and tried to run dcpromo but we were getting some error that says "The active Directory Domain Services Installation wizard is not supported on this SKU". So, after going through with the documentation, we tried to run dcpromo with the /unattend switch but we still get the same error? The other error messages that I am getting is:
Server Manager
Failed to start ActiveDirectory Domain Services.
The service cannot be started either becose it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
Services
The Active Directory Domain services service on "Server Name" started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs.
Any ideas how to solve this?
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