Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

Prepared by : Mohd Farhan Hafiz

Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

Table of Contents
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6 Sign up static IP to the network adapter ........................................................................................ 2 Install DNS ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Installing Active Directory Domain Services ................................................................................... 8 Add New Zone ............................................................................................................................... 18 Create New Pointer(PTR) .............................................................................................................. 23 Verify using nslookup .................................................................................................................... 27

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Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

1. Sign up static IP to the network adapter

1.3 Go to Network and Sharing Center. I. Click Change adapter settings

Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

1.2 Go to currently active network adapter , Right click and click Properties .

1.3 Go to Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.

Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

1.2 Tick Use the following IP address and Use the following DNS server addresses and assign static IP accordingly. I. Click Ok

Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

2. Install DNS
1.3 Click Start, point to Administrative tools, and then click Server Manager. I. II. In the tree pane, click Roles. In the results pane, click Add Roles.

Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

2.2 Tick DNS Server. And click Next .

Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

2.3 After prompt with Installation succeeded, click Close.

Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

3. Installing Active Directory Domain Services

3.1 Go to Start , select Run and

3.2 Type dcpromo .

Guide on how to promote new Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2

3.3 Make sure Use advanced mode installation untick .Click Next.

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3.4 Click Next.

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3.5 Type name of the forest.And click Next .

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3.6 Set Forest Functional Level . And click Next .

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3.7 Tick both DNS server and Global catalog.Then click Next .

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3.8 Set the location for Database , Log files and SYSVOL folder. Then click Next .

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3.9 Set the password for Administrator account and click Next.

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3.10 Read all the summary and click Next.

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3.11 Click Finish .

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4. Add New Zone

4.1 Go to DNS Manager then go to Reverse Lookup Zones on the left pane.

4.2 Right click and select New Zone.

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4.3 Click Next .

4.4 Select Primary Zone and tick Store the zone in Active Directory.Click Next.

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4.5 Select To all DNS servers running on domain controllers in this forest. Click Next .

4.6 Select IPV4 Reverse Lookup Zone and click Next.

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4.7 Put Network ID . Click Next .

4.8 Choose Allow only secure dynamic updates.

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4.9 Click Finish.

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5. Create New Pointer(PTR)

5.1 Go to DNS Manager and go to your server name and expand it. Expend the Reverse Lookup Zones. Click the zones under Reverse Lookup Zones.

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5.2 Right click and select New Pointer(PTR) .

5.3 Click server name. Click OK .

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5.4 Browse for Forward Lookup zone file.

5.5 Select the AAAA Records file. Click OK.

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5.6 Select Host (A) file. And click OK.

PTR is created.

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6 Verify using nslookup

6.1 Go to Start , then click Accessories and click Command Prompt .

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Type nslookup , and then press Enter . We can confirm that the DNS is reply with the name of the server.

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