User guide

Appendix D - Domain Controller and DNS D-15

Configuring a Secondary Domain Controller

The procedure in the section describes configuring a Domain Controller on the

Secondary VMS server in a redundant installation.

The following steps assume that the server is to be configured as the VMS

Secondary Domain Controller (SDC) and has had a clean install of Windows

2003 server with service pack-1 and all updates. This procedure also assumes

that the server’s device drivers have been loaded and are fully functional.

Setup

The following steps make the assumption the server is to be configured as the

VMS secondary domain controller (SDC) and assumes:

• There has not been a previous domain controller installation.

• There has been a clean install of Windows 2003 Server with service pack-

1 and all updates.

• This procedure also assumes that the server’s device drivers have been

loaded and are fully functional.

On Local Area contention Properties, select TCP/IP and go to properties = >

Make sure the DNS configured is the IP address of the Primary Domain

Controller which has had DNS already as described in the section “Configuring

a Domain Controller and DNS” on page D-3.

Note: This procedure relies on the secondary server being connected by an

Ethernet link to the primary server and that the primary serve domain

controller configuration is completed.

To configure a Domain Controller, start the Configure Your Server Wizard

by doing either of the following:

1. Open the Configure Your Server Wizard by clicking Start > Control Panel >

Administrative Tools > Configure Your Server Wizard.

2. From Manage Your Server shown in figure D-21, click Add or remove a

role. By default, Manage Your Server starts automatically when you log on.

To open Manage Your Server, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click

Administrative Tools, and then double-click Manage Your Server.

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