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AdministratorPassword = YH3$GJ

Setup deletes the value from the answer file after the demotion operation finishes.

Enables anonymous access to end user and group information. Used with pre-Windows 2000 servers.

Makes the default permissions more restrictive. Used with Windows 2000 servers.

AllowAnonymousAccess = No

Default. Configures DNS for the new domain if the DNS dynamic update protocol is not available.

Does not configure DNS for the domain.

AutoConfigDNS = Yes

ChildName = childdom.parentdom.fabrikam.com

This new domain name must not already be in use and you must properly configure DNS services on the computer. This entry is required.

For more information, see TreeOrChild.

Makes the replica a global catalog if the backup was a global catalog.

Does not make the replica a global catalog.

ConfirmGc = Yes

Creates a new forest of domains.

Default. Places the new domain at the root of a new domain tree in an existing forest of domains.

CreateOrJoin = Create

Skips noncritical replication.

Does not skip any replication steps.

CriticalReplicationOnly = Yes

DatabasePath = %SYSTEMROOT%\Data

If the directory exists, it must be empty. If the directory does not exist, Setup creates it.

The disk must have enough free disk space available (new domains require at least 20 MB) and must have room to grow if you plan to add numerous objects to the domain. For replica domains, you must specify the space required in the domain size.

Note

• For optimal performance, place the domain database on a different volume than the domain log files.

Does not display the Cancel button. During the DNS installation, the /c switch invokes the Optional Component Manager (OCM).

Displays the Cancel button.

DisableCancelForDnsInstall = Yes

Note

• This entry applies only if the answer file indicates that the wizard installs DNS on the computer if it has not already installed it.

Sets the DNS server addresses manually for the computer.

Important

• If DNSOnNetwork = Yes, Dcpromo.exe does not test the client configuration. As a result, the user will have to manually set the server addresses later and may have to configure DNS manually for the new domain.

Installs the DNS service, creates a valid DNS configuration, and creates a zone for the new domain with that service.

DNSOnNetwork = Yes

DomainNetBiosName = MY_DOMAIN

The value is required, and the name specified must not already be in use as a domain or computer name. Setup ignores this entry when upgrading pre-Windows 2000 primary domain controllers.

Indicates that this computer is the last domain controller in the domain.

Indicates that this computer is not the last domain controller in the domain.

IsLastDCInDomain = Yes

LogPath = %SYSTEMROOT%\Logs

If the directory exists, it must be empty. If the directory does not exist, Setup creates it.

The disk must have enough free disk space available (new domains require at least 10 MB) and must have room to expand if you plan to add numerous objects to the domain. For replica domains, you must specify the space required in the domain size.

Note

• For optimal performance, place the log files on a different volume than the database files.

The new domain is the root of a new tree in an existing forest.

The new domain is a child of an existing domain.

The new domain is the first domain in a new forest of domain trees.

NewDomain = Tree

NewDomainDNSName = newdom.fabrikam.com.

ParentDomainDNSName = fabrikam.com

For more information, see TreeOrChild.

Password = YH3$GJ

Restarts upon successful completion.

Does not restart, but prompts the user to restart.

Does not restart and does not prompt the user to restart.

RebootOnSuccess = NoAndNoPromptEither

Removes application partitions on the domain controller.

Does not remove application partitions on the domain controller. If the domain controller hosts the last replica of any application directory partition, you must manually confirm that you must remove these partitions.

RemoveApplicationPartitions = Yes

Important

• If you remove the last replica of any application directory partition, Setup destroys the partition and all data it contains.

ReplicaDomainDNSName = fab_2.com

Normally, the end user who is currently logged on has administrative privileges to the specified domain, and Setup properly configures DNS services. The domain name must refer to an existing directory service domain.

Installs the server as a domain controller.

Installs the new domain controller as a member server in a domain.

ReplicaOrMember = Replica

Installs the new domain controller as a replica directory service domain controller.

Installs the new domain controller as the first domain controller in a new directory service domain. You must specify the TreeOrChild entry with a valid value.

ReplicaOrNewDomain = Replica

Indicates the full DNS name of the domain controller from which you replicate the domain information. Applies only in new replica or BDC upgrade cases.

Selects the closest domain controller for the domain it replicates.

ReplicationSourceDC = fabrikam.com

ReplicationSourcePath = %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Source

Used to indicate that the bulk of the directory data replication came from backup files that you restored to a volume on the server, rather from another domain controller.

However, you cannot perform complete replication entirely from copied files. You need to access another domain controller. (See ReplicationSourceDC.)

If this value is present and non-empty, then you can perform data replication using the restored files. If this value is not present or is empty, then perform replication from another domain controller on the network.

If the value refers to a valid set of restored backup files, then Setup ignores any value for the ReplicaDomainDNSName entry. The domain name to which the restored files belong takes precedence.

Specifies the password for the administrator account that you use when the computer is in safe mode.

Does not supply a password for the administrator account.

SafeModeAdminPassword = XHJ3$G

Sets forest functional level to Windows Server 2003 interim.

Important

• If you set the functional level to Windows Server 2003 interim, you cannot change the functional level to enable Windows 2000 domain controllers later.

Sets forest functional level to Windows 2000.

SetForestVersion = Yes

• You want more efficient replication of large group memberships. This functional level includes improvements to the group membership replication feature in Active Directory and is useful if you have groups with many members.
• You want to support Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Server 2003 domain controllers.
• You will not have Windows 2000 domain controllers in your forest.

You must set the value of SetForestVersion to No if:

• You plan on having Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 domain controllers in your forest. This functional level does not support the large group membership replication feature.

Note

• Use this entry only when the destination computer is a domain controller upgraded from Windows NT 4.0 to a member of the Windows Server 2003 family, and is the first domain controller in a new forest. For more information about creating and typing new domains, see NewDomain.

SiteName = FirstSite

Syskey = 12345

If the restored files indicate that the end user must supply the system key on a floppy disk, then the system looks for the key on drive A.

SysVolPath = %SYSTEMROOT%\Sysvol

If the directory exists, it must be empty. If the directory does not exist, Setup creates it.

You must format the disk with NTFS version 5.0.

Specifies that the new domain is the root of a new tree. You must specify the CreateOrJoin or NewDomain entries with a valid value.

Specifies that the new domain is a child of an existing domain.

TreeOrChild = Tree

UserDomain = mydomain.com

UserName = PatC