Verify the Active Directory Installation on the First Forest Root Domain Controller

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To verify the Active Directory installation on the first forest root domain controller:

  1. Review the Windows Server 2003 event log and resolve any errors.

  2. At the command line, run Dcdiag.exe and Netdiag.exe and resolve any errors that are reported.

    For more information about tests you can perform by using Dcdiag and Netdiag, see the Active Directory link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources. Search under "Administration and Configuration Guides" and download the Active Directory Operations Guide.

  3. Run Task Manager and verify that the processor and memory system resources are within acceptable limits.

  4. Open the DNS snap-in, navigate to Forward Lookup Zones, and verify that the zones _msdcs.forest_root_domain_name and forest_root_domain_name were created. Expand the forest_root_domain_name node and verify that DomainDnsZones and ForestDnsZones were created.