Q.
Write steps on Installing and Configuring Windows 2000 Active Directory and Domain
Controller.
Ans:
1. Log in as an administrator to the Windows 2000 server host.
2. From the Start menu, go to Administrative Tools > Manage Your Server.
a. On the Manage Your Server wizard, choose Adding Roles to Your Sever.
b. In the Server Role window, choose Domain Controller (Active Directory).
c. Accept the default values by clicking Next.
d. Continue to accept the default values and clicking Next until the Report DNS
Issue window is displayed.
e. This window is displayed when no properly configured DNS exists for Active
Directory. Choose “Install and Configure DNS” to proceed to the next window.
f. Continue to accept the default values and clicking Next until the Summary
window is displayed, then click Next.
g. The Active Directory Installation wizard is invoked.
3. Install the Active Directory Domain Controller.
4. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install.
5. On the Installation Results page, click Close this wizard and launch the Active Directory
Domain Services Installation Wizard (dcpromo.exe).
6. On the Welcome to the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard page, click
Next.
7. If you want to install from media, identify the source domain controller for AD DS
replication, or specify the Password Replication Policy (PRP) for an RODC as part of the
installation of the additional domain controller, click Use advanced mode installation.
8. On the Operating System Compatibility page, review the warning about the default
security settings for Windows Server domain controllers, and then click Next.
9. On the Choose a Deployment Configuration page, click Existing forest, click Add a
domain controller to an existing domain, and then click Next.
10. On the Network Credentials page, type the name of any existing domain in the forest
where you plan to install the additional domain controller. Under Specify the account
credentials to use to perform the installation, click My current logged on credentials or
click Alternate credentials, and then click Set. In the Windows Security dialog box,
provide the user name and password for an account that can install the additional
domain controller. To install an additional domain controller, you must be a member of
the Enterprise Admins group or the Domain Admins group. When you are finished
providing credentials, click Next.
11. On the Select a Domain page, select the domain of the new domain controller, and then
click Next.
12. On the Select a Site page, select a site from the list or select the option to install the
domain controller in the site that corresponds to its IP address, and then click Next.
13. On the Additional Domain Controller Options page, make the following selections, and
then click Next: DNS server: This option is selected by default so that your domain
controller can function as a DNS server. If you do not want the domain controller to be a
DNS server, clear this option.
14. If you selected Use advanced mode installation on the Welcome page, the Install from
Media page appears. You can provide the location of installation media to be used to
create the domain controller and configure AD DS, or you can have all the replication
done over the network. Note that some data will be replicated over the network even if
you install from media. For information about using this method to install the domain
controller, see Installing AD DS from Media.
15. If you selected Use advanced mode installation on the Welcome page, the Source
Domain Controller page appears. Click Let the wizard choose an appropriate domain
controller or click Use this specific domain controller to specify a domain controller that
you want to provide as a source for replication to create the new domain controller, and
then click Next. If you do not choose to install from media, all data will be replicated
from this source domain controller.
16. On the Location for Database, Log Files, and SYSVOL page, type or browse to the volume
and folder locations for the database file, the directory service log files, and the system
volume (SYSVOL) files, and then click Next.
17. Windows Server Backup backs up the directory service by volume. For backup and
recovery efficiency, store these files on separate volumes that do not contain
applications or other nondirectory files.
18. On the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password page, type and confirm
the restore mode password, and then click Next. This password must be used to start
AD DS in Directory Service Restore Mode (DSRM) for tasks that must be performed
offline.
19. On the Summary page, review your selections. Click Back to change any selections, if
necessary.
20. To save the settings that you have selected to an answer file that you can use to
automate subsequent Active Directory operations, click Export settings. Type the name
for your answer file, and then click Save.
21. When you are sure that your selections are accurate, click Next to install AD DS.
22. On the Completing the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard page, click
Finish.
23. You can either select the Reboot on completion check box to have the server restart
automatically or you can restart the server to complete the AD DS installation when you
are prompted to do so.
