Windows 2012 domain controller install from media

When the above command is successfully completed we can verify the snapshot from the location where we have saved it. Copy the snapshot to that server which we have to promote as an Additional Domain Controller i.

In this practical, we have copied the snapshot from DC01 to DC02 and save it locally in the C: drive. Select the server from the available servers listed in the server pool to install the role and then click Next to continue. In this practical, we have selected DC A wizard appears regarding the addition of some required features. Click on Add features. Again on Select server roles console, we can see that the role is selected and ready to install.

Click on Next to continue. The reason itself is pretty simple. In a case where we have branch offices with very low WAN links or a very big AD forests, we would need a lot of time to replicate that data from the HQ domain controllers to the Branch Office ones.

We can start the DC installation locally, which will pull all the data from those files instead of replicating it over the network. Of course, if any changes have been done in AD since you did a dump of the AD database, the installation will replicate those changes from any domain controller in the forest. To create a dump of the AD Forest we will use ntdsutil.

Thus the ntds in ntdsutil. Interesting heh? You must specify this same subfolder name when you install AD DS on another domain controller. Ntdsutil does not correctly handle special characters, such as the apostrophe character ' , that you can enter at the ntdsutil: prompt at the command line.

In some situations, there may be an alternative workaround. For more information, see local roles. The following example creates writable domain controller installation media in a folder named InstallationMedia on drive C:. The following example creates writable domain controller installation media without defragmentation in a folder named InstallationMedia on drive C:. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported.