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; Sample DCPROMO2 AnswerFile.; Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Microsoft Corporation;; To invoke dcpromo with an answerfile, use the following syntax:; dcpromo /answer:<answerfile name>;; where <answerfile name> is the name of the answerfile to be used, relative; to the directory from which dcpromo is invoked;; The answer file is essentially an INI file, the options for which complete; the fields of each page of the wizard. Default values are those used if; the option is not specified.;; For all operations (insallations or un-installations), the following; options apply:; RebootOnSuccess; ; For all installations, the following options apply:; DatabasePath; LogPath; SYSVOLPath; SafeModeAdminPassword; CriticalReplicationOnly; SiteName;; For BDC upgrades or new replica installations, the following additional; options apply:; ReplicaOrMember=Replica; ReplicaOrNewDomain=Replica; ReplicaDomainDNSName; ReplicationSourceDC; ReplicationSourcePath;; For child domain installations, the following additional options apply:; ReplicaOrNewDomain=Domain; NewDomain=Child; ParentDomainDNSName; ChildName; DomainNetbiosName; AutoConfigDNS; AllowAnonymousAccess;; For new tree in existing forest installations, the following; additional options apply:; ReplicaOrNewDomain=Domain; NewDomain=Tree; NewDomainDNSName; DomainNetbiosName; AutoConfigDNS; AllowAnonymousAccess;; For DC demotion, the following additional options apply:; AdministratorPassword; IsLastDCInDomain; RemoveApplicationPartitions;; For all of the above scenarios, the following options can also apply:; UserName; Password; UserDomain; ; For new tree in new forest installations, the following additional; options apply:; ReplicaOrNewDomain=Domain; NewDomain=Forest; NewDomainDNSName; DNSOnNetwork; DomainNetbiosName; AutoConfigDNS; AllowAnonymousAccess;; for PDC upgrades, the following additional options apply:; SetForestVersion;; When running in advanced mode, these options apply:; ; ReplicationSourcePath; ConfirmGc; Syskey
Here is a table that illustrates which options are used in what scenario:
Option | Root | Tree | Child| Repl | PDC->| BDC->| BDC->| Dem | | | | | Root | Repl | Memb | | | | | | | | |AdministratorPassword | | | | | | | | XAllowAnonymousAccess | X | X | X | | X | | |AutoConfigDNS | X | X | X | | X | | |ChildName | | | X | | | | |ConfirmGc | | | | IFM | | | |CriticalReplicationOnly| X | X | X | X | X | X | X |DNSOnNetwork | X | | | | X | | |DatabasePath | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |DisableCancelForDnsInstallX | X | X | X | X | X | |DomainNetbiosName | X | X | X | | | | |IsLastDCInDomain | | | | | | | | XLogPath | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |NewDomain | X | X | X | | | | |NewDomainDNSName | X | X | | | X | | |ParentDomainDNSName | | | X | | | | |Password | | X | X | X | | X | | XRebootOnSuccess | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | XRemoveApplicationPartitions | | | | | | | XReplicaDomainDNSName | | | | X | | X | |ReplicaOrMember | | | | | | X | X |ReplicaOrNewDomain | X | X | X | X | | | |ReplicationSourceDC | | | | X | | X | |ReplicationSourcePath | | | | IFM | | | |SYSVOLPath | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |SafeModeAdminPassword | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |SetForestVersion | | | | | X | | |SiteName | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |Syskey | | | | IFM | | | |UserDomain | | X | X | X | | X | | XUserName | | X | X | X | | X | | X
[DCInstall]
; ReplicaOrMember; Used only for BDC upgrades.;; Possible values:; "Replica" - convert the BDC to a replica DS DC.; "Member" (or any other value) - demote the BDC to a member server of its; domain.;; Default: "Member"
ReplicaOrMember=Replica
; ReplicaOrNewDomain; Used only for new NT5 server installs.; ; Possible values:; "Domain" - convert the server into the first DC of a new DS domain. A; value for NewDomain is required.; "Replica" (or any other value) - convert the server into a replica DS DC.;; Default: "Replica"
ReplicaOrNewDomain=Replica
; NewDomain;; Used to indicate the type of the new domain, whether it will be a new; domain in a new forest, the root of a new tree in an existing forest, or a; child of an existing domain.;; Possible values:;; "Tree" - the new domain will be the root of a new tree in an existing; forest.;; "Child" - the new domain will be a child of an existing domain.;; "Forest" (or any other value) - the new domain will be the first domain in; a new forest of domain trees.;; Default: "Forest"
NewDomain=Forest
; ReplicaDomainDNSName; Used for BDC upgrades and new replica dc installs. Value is the DNS; domain name of the domain to be replicated from. It is assumed that the; currently logged-on user has administrative privileges to that domain,; and that DNS services are properly configured.;; The domain name must refer to an existing DS domain.;; Default: none. This value must be specified.
ReplicaDomainDNSName=spruce.example.microsoft.com
; ParentDomainDNSName; Used when child domain install is indicated. Value is the DNS domain name; of an existing DS domain. It is assumed that the currently logged-on; user has administrative privileges to this domain, and that DNS services; are properly configured.;; Default: none. This value must be specified.
ParentDomainDNSName=spruce.example.microsoft.com
; ChildName; Used when child domain install is indicated. Value is the DNS label to be; prepended to the value specified by ParentDomainDNSName to form a new; domain name contiguous with and subordinate to the parent. E.g. if the; parent name is "spruce.example.microsoft.com" and ChildName is "blue", then; the name of the new domain is "blue.spruce.example.microsoft.com". This; new domain name must not be in use and DNS services must be properly; configured.;; Default: none. This value must be specified.
ChildName=blue
; DomainNetbiosName; Used to assign a flat name to the new domain. The name must not already; be in use as a domain or computer name. This key is ignored when upgrading; pre-Windows 2000 PDCs.;; Default: none. This value must be specified.
DomainNetbiosName=blue-dom
; NewDomainDNSName; Used when new tree in existing domain or new forest installation is; indicated. Value is the DNS domain name to be created. This name may; not be currently in use.;; Default: none. This value must be specified.
NewDomainDNSName=aspen.example.microsoft.com
; DNSOnNetwork; Used in new forest installations when DNS client is not configured.;; Possbile values:; "No" - "No, DNS is not on the network, install the DNS service, and; create a zone for the new domain"; "Yes" (or any other value) - "Yes, DNS is on the network, double-check; that the local machine's DNS client configuration is complete." (Note; that if the local DNS client is not configured, the wizard will go into; interactive mode.);; Default: "Yes"
DNSOnNetwork=Yes
; DatabasePath; Value must be the fully-qualified, non-unc path to a directory of a fixed; disk of the local machine. If the directory exists, it must be empty.; If it does not, it will be created. The volume must have sufficient disk; space available -- at least 20MB for new domains. For replicas, the; space required is a function of domain size. For optimal performance,; the database path should be on a different volume than the log path.;; Default: %systemroot%\NTDS
DatabasePath=C:\ntds
; LogPath; Value must be the fully-qualified, non-unc path to a directory of a fixed; disk of the local machine. If the directory exists, it must be empty.; If it does not, it will be created. The volume must have sufficient disk; space available -- at least 10MB for new domains. For replicas, the; space required is a function of domain size. For optimal performance,; the database path should be on a different volume than the log path.;; Default: %systemroot%\NTDS LogPath=C:\NTDS
; SYSVOLPath; Value must be the fully-qualified, non-unc path to a directory of a fixed; disk of the local machine. If the directory exists, it must be empty.; If it does not, it will be created. The volume must be formatted with; NTFS version 5.0.;; Default: %systemroot%\SYSVOL
SYSVOLPath=d:\sysvol
; SiteName (optional); Value is the name of an existing site in which to place the new DC. If; not specified, a suitable site will be selected.;; Default: "Default-First-Site"
SiteName=My-Answer-File-Site
; IsLastDCInDomain; Only used for demote. Value indicates that the machine is the last DC; in the domain.;; "Yes" - DC is to be treated as the last in the domain.; "No" - (or any other value) - DC is not the last in the domain.;; Default: No
IsLastDCInDomain=No
; AdministratorPassword; Used when demoting a domain controller, to establish the local; Administrator account password.;; Default: no password
AdministratorPassword=foo
; RebootOnSuccess; Used to indicate whether the machine should be rebooted upon successful; operation, or not. The server must be rebooted for the directory; service to be started.;; "Yes" - reboot the machine; "NoAndNoPromptEither" - do not reboot the machine, and don't show the prompt; to reboot either. Just silently exit.; "No" - (or any other value) do not reboot the machine.;; Default: "No"
RebootOnSuccess=No
; UserName; Used to indicate the account credentials to be used for the installation; operation. This parameter does not apply if the operation is installation; of the first domain controller in a new forest, or if the operation is; removal of Active Directory from any domain controller that is not the last; dc of a domain, or is a dc of the forest root domain.;; Default: none, which will cause the operation to be done in the context; of the currently-logged on user.
UserName=Administrator
; Password; Used to indicate the account credentials to be used for the installation ; operation. Applies in the same conditions as UserName.;; Default: none.
Password=bar
; UserDomain; Used to indicate the domain that the UserName should be taken from.; Applies in the same conditions as UserName.;; Default: If the operation is to create a new forest or to become a member; server from a BDC upgrade, there is no default. If the operation is to; create a new tree, then the default is the DNS name of the forest the; computer is presently joined to. If the operation is to create a new child; domain or a replica, then the default is the DNS name of the domain the; computer is joined to. If the operation is to demote the computer, and the; computer is a DC for a child domain, then the default is the DNS name of; the parent domain. If the operation is to demote the computer, and the; computer is a DC of a tree root domain, then the default is the DNS name of; the forest.
UserDomain=myDomain
; AutoConfigDNS; Used to indicate whether the wizard should install and configure DNS for; the new domain, as it has detected that dynamic dns updates are not; available.;; If the wizard can't verify that dynamic DNS registration will be; successful, and the value of this key is "Yes", then the wizard will; install and configure DNS on the local computer.;; Otherwise, dynamic DNS is available, or the value is not "Yes", and so; DNS will not be installed.;; Default: "Yes"
AutoConfigDNS=Yes
; AllowAnonymousAccess; Used when downlevel (pre Windows 2000) servers will be authenticating users; from this domain or any trusting domain. This option indicates whether; dcpromo should cause the permissions to be set to permit anonymous access; to user and group information.;; This setting controls the initial membership of the pre-Win2k compatible; access group. When set to "Yes", the Everyone SID is made a member of the; group. When set to "No", Everyone is not made a member of the group.;; "Yes" - downlevel servers will be used with this domain. Allow anonymous; access.; "No" (or any other value) - all server apps in the domain are Windows; 2000 or later use more restrictive permissions.;; Default: if upgrading an NT4 PDC, "Yes". Otherwise, "No"
; ReplicationSourceDC (optional); Used to indicate the name of the domain controller from which the domain; information is to be replicated. Only applies in new replica or BDC; upgrade cases. If no value is supplied, the closest domain controller; for the domain being replicated will be selected.;; Default: (no value) - select a dc automatically
ReplicationSourceDC=
; SafeModeAdminPassword; Used to supply the password to be set on the administrator account used; when the computer is started in safe mode (or a variant of safe mode, like; ds repair mode);; Default: (no value) - blank password
SafeModeAdminPassword=MyHappyPassword
; CriticalReplicationOnly; Used to specify that the promotion operation should perform only critical; replication, then continue, skipping the (possibly very lengthy) non-; critical portion. Set to "yes" to skip non-critical replication.;; (in the case that non-critical replication is skipped, that replication; will automatically and silently resume when the computer is rebooted and; assumes its new role as a domain controller.);; Default: (no value) - no; i.e. do critical and non-critical replication
CriticalReplicationOnly=yes
; ReplicationSourcePath;; Used to indicate that the bulk of the directory data replication should; be drawn from backup files that have been restored to a volume on the; server, rather from another domain controller.;; However, complete replication can not be performed entirely from copied; files: access to another domain controller is still required. (see; ReplicationSourceDC);; Indicates the location of the files to be used to create a new replica; domain controller. The value must be the fully-qualified path to a; folder on the local computer where the files have been copied.;; If this value is present and non-empty, then data replication will be; performed using the restored files. If this value is not present or is; empty, then replication will take place entirely over the wire.;; If the value refers to a valid set of restored backup files, then any; value for the ReplicaDomainDNSName key will be ignored, as the domain; name to which the restored files belong takes precedence.;; Default: none;; Example: "C:\restored\ds"
ReplicationSourcePath=
; ConfirmGc;; Only applies if ReplicationSourcePath is specified. If restored files; were created from a backup of a global catalog, then the replica can also; be made a global catalog from those files. Use this value to indicate; whether the replica should also be a global catalog, or not.;; If this value is "Yes" and the backup was of a global catalog, then the; replica will also be made a global catalog. Otherwise, the replica will; not be made a global catalog;; Default: "Yes" ConfirmGc=No
; Syskey;; Only applies if ReplicationSourcePath is specified. This value is used; if the restored files used to install a replica indicate that the system; key must be supplied by the user.;; If the restored files indicate that the system key must be supplied on; diskette, then the system will look for the key on drive A:;; Default: none
Syskey=
; SetForestVersion;; Only applies if the machine is a NT4 domain controller completing upgrade,; and the domain controller will be the first dc in a new forest; (NewDomain=Forest). This key will indicate whether or not to set the new; forest behavior version level to 1. Level 1 allows more efficient; replication of large group memberships, but will prevent any Windows 2000; domain controllers from being added to the forest.;; If the value is "Yes", the level will be set to 1. If not, the level will; not be set.;; Default: "No"
SetForestVersion=No
; DisableCancelForDnsInstall;;; Only applies if the answerfile options are such that the wizard will; install DNS on the computer (if it is not allready installed). DNS is; installed by invoking the system optional component manager.; ; If this values is "Yes", then the OCM will be invoked with the /c switch; to cause the cancel button to not appear. Any other value will cause; the cancel button to appear.; ; Default: "No"
DisableCancelForDnsInstall=Yes
; RemoveApplicationPartitions;; Only applies for demotions, if the domain controller hosts the last; replica of any application directory partition. This value is used to; confirm that you wish to remove the application partitions on the DC, and; you are cognizant of the fact that removing the last replica of a; partition results in the partition (and all data in it) being destroyed.;; If this value is "Yes", then the wizard will proceed if it is the last; replica of any application partitions. Otherwise, the wizard will drop; into interactive mode, and you will have to manually confirm removal; of the partitions;; Default: "No"
RemoveApplicationPartitions=Yes
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