Practical-11: AIM: Creating Domain Controller
Practical-11: AIM: Creating Domain Controller
Practical-11: AIM: Creating Domain Controller
Practical-11
A domain controller (DC) is a server that handles all the security
requests from other computers and servers within the Windows Server
domain.
Steps for creating Domain Controller:
1. The dcpromo command is used to set up domain controller on windows
server 2008, to use the command, click on Start > Run > and then write
dcpromo > click OK
2. The system will start checking if Active Directory Domain Services (AD
DS) binaries are installed, then will start installing them. The binaries
could be installed if you had run the dcpromo command previously and
then canceled the operation after the binaries were installed.
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6. Enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name of the forest root domain inside
the textbox, click Next
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7. If you selected Use advanced mode installation on the Welcome page, the
Domain NetBIOS Name page appears. On this page, type the
NetBIOS name of the domain if necessary or accept the default name and
then click Next.
8. Select the Forest Functional Level, choose the level you desire and click
on Next.
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9. You would then get a page to select the Domain Functional Level. Select
it and then click on Next
10. In the Additional Domain Controller Options page, keep the checkbox
beside DNS Server selected and click on Next
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11. If the wizard cannot create a delegation for the DNS server, it displays a
message to indicate that you can create the delegation manually. To
continue, click Yes
12. Now you will have the location where the domain controller database,
log files and SYSVOL are stored on the server, Either type or browse to
the volume and folder where you want to store each, or accept the
defaults and click on Next.
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14. Summary page will be displayed showing you all the setting that you
have set and then click next.
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19. Once the server is booted and you logon to it, click
on Start > Administrative Tools, check that the following have been
installed :
Active Directory Domains and Trusts
Active Directory Sites and Services
Active Directory Users and Computers
ADSI Edit
DNS
Group Policy Management