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Adding an Additional Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller by Using
an Answer file
A. To create an answer file for installing a new domain
controller
1. Open Notepad.
2. On the first line, type [DCINSTALL], and then press ENTER.
3. Create the following entries, one entry on each line. These options are
the minimum options that are required for a new domain controller
installation with DNS and the global catalog installed and configured
automatically.
UserName=<administrative account in the domain of the new domain controller>
UserDomain=<name of the domain of the new domain controller>
Password=<password for the account in UserName>
ReplicaOrNewDomain=replica
DatabasePath=<path to a folder on a local volume, surrounded by double
quotation marks>
LogPath=<path to a folder on a local volume, surrounded by double quotation
marks>
SYSVOLPath=<path to a folder on a local volume, surrounded by double
quotation marks>
InstallDNS=yes
ConfirmGC=yes
SafeModeAdminPassword=<password>
RebootOnCompletion=yes
4. Save the answer file, for example, win2008.txt.
B. To install a new domain controller by using an answer
file
After you create the answer file, use the following procedure to perform the
unattended installation using the following command:
dcpromo /unattend:"path to the answer file", for example dcpromo /unattend:c:\win2008.txt.
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