Domain Rename - Error when you run rendom /list

[John]

I have Raised the domain functional level from Windows 2000 native to Windows
Server 2003. After, I did this, I went into a control station which is a
member of the domain and ran rendom /list command. But, I still get this
error message.

Before raising the domain functional level also, I got the same error
message. Now, after raising it still I get the same error. What could be the
problem?

Error shown below.

The Behavior version of the Forest is 0 it must be 2 or greater to perform a
dom
ain rename: The server is unwilling to process the request. :8245

[Todd J Heron]

You need to also raise the Forest functional level to Windows 2003 *as well
as* the domain functional level. You do this under Active Directory Domains
and Trusts.

--
Todd J Heron, MCSE
Windows Server 2003/2000/NT

"John" <Jo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9AF2E910-4B9B-4003...@microsoft.com...

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

In news:9AF2E910-4B9B-4003...@microsoft.com,
John <Jo...@discussions.microsoft.com> commented
Then Kevin replied below:

How many DCs do you have and how long did you wait before you ran the
command?

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Best regards,
Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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[John]

Kevin,

I have 2 DC's. Infact, the problem was I never raised the Forest Level and
only raised the Domain Level. After Todd's message, I went and raised the
Forest level and after this I was able to run the rendom /list command
successfully and it generated the .xml file.

I copied it based on the document. I edited he original file and changed the
xyz.abc.local to xyz.abc.com. Then I ran the dsquery command

dsquery server -hasfsmo name

I got my Domain Naming Master name which is ofcourse my first domain
controller's hostname I think, if I am correct.

Then I issued this command

repadmin /syncall /d /e /P /q Domain Naming Master

I got the following message

SyncAll terminated with no error messages

But, when I go and check my DNS it still shows xyz.abc.local and it has not
changed to xyz.abc.com.

What could be wrong? Did I not follow any other steps?

[John]

Well sorry again. I am continuing with my previous post. I thought well
that's it and it should show me xyz.abd.com in my DNS. But, after I read
through the other steps I had to do several other steps. So, based on that I
went through it and executed

rendom /prepare and my dclist.xml file showed /prepare

then I finally did the rendom /execute and according to the instructions it
says that both the domain controllers will reboot. And, it did reboot. But,
after it came back up I still am not sure as I open the DNS section and look
at the forward look up zone and reverse lookup zone it still shows
xyz.abc.local and I thought it should be showing me xyz.abc.com.

I am sorry, am I doing some mistake here.

thanks in advance.

[John]

Infact, after this was done the dclist.xml file shows DONE in the section
<State></State>.