Error Upgrading Windows 2003 Schema to Windows 2008 Schema

All -

We using the command 'adprep /forestprep' to update our WIndows 2003 R2 (Rev
31) schema to WIndows 2008 (rev. 44), we are getting the following error:

ERROR: Waiting for ldifde to complete failed: 6

However, the result of the command stated the forestprep was successful. We
went ahead and attempted to perform a domain prep but were unsuccessful. When
we investigated closer, we found the forestprep was failing when attempting
to import sch32.ldf. When we performed the import of that file manually we
received the following error:

Entry DN: CN=Top,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=dev,DC=corp,D C=dom
Add error on line 217: Unwilling To Perform

The server side error is "An attempt is made to modify the base schema."

An error has occurred in the program


Any suggestions?

Hello Megan,

You run the adprep command from the 2008 installation disk directly or did
you copy the adprep folder to harddisk before? I assume you use an account
that is member of the schema admins and run it on the schema master?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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We copied sources\adprep directory locally. We have also confirmed we are in
the correct groups, Enterprise and Schema Admins and we were on the Schema
Master. Do you have thoughts as to why this failed?

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

> Hello Megan,
>
> You run the adprep command from the 2008 installation disk directly or did
> you copy the adprep folder to harddisk before? I assume you use an account
> that is member of the schema admins and run it on the schema master?
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
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> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
>

Hello Megan,

Run the command from the installation disk, not form the copied folder on
the disk.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> We copied sources\adprep directory locally. We have also confirmed we
> are in the correct groups, Enterprise and Schema Admins and we were on
> the Schema Master. Do you have thoughts as to why this failed?
>
> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>
>> Hello Megan,
>>
>> You run the adprep command from the 2008 installation disk directly
>> or did you copy the adprep folder to harddisk before? I assume you
>> use an account that is member of the schema admins and run it on the
>> schema master?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

We just tried it directly from the CD and received the following output.

D:\sources\adprep>adprep /forestprep

ADPREP WARNING:

Before running adprep, all Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain Controllers
in t
he forest should be upgraded to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) or later.

[User Action]
If ALL your existing Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain Controllers meet
this
requirement, type C and then press ENTER to continue. Otherwise, type any
other
key and press ENTER to quit.


C
Opened Connection to DC
SSPI Bind succeeded
Current Schema Version is 31
Upgrading schema to version 44
ERROR: Waiting for ldifde to complete failed: 6
Adprep successfully updated the forest-wide information.




"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

> Hello Megan,
>
> Run the command from the installation disk, not form the copied folder on
> the disk.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
> > We copied sources\adprep directory locally. We have also confirmed we
> > are in the correct groups, Enterprise and Schema Admins and we were on
> > the Schema Master. Do you have thoughts as to why this failed?
> >
> > "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Megan,
> >>
> >> You run the adprep command from the 2008 installation disk directly
> >> or did you copy the adprep folder to harddisk before? I assume you
> >> use an account that is member of the schema admins and run it on the
> >> schema master?
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Meinolf Weber
> >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> >> confers
> >> no rights.
> >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
>

Hello Megan,

Assuming that you run an AntiVirus program on it, at least stop all services
belonging to it and try again.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> We just tried it directly from the CD and received the following
> output.
>
> D:\sources\adprep>adprep /forestprep
>
> ADPREP WARNING:
>
> Before running adprep, all Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain
> Controllers
> in t
> he forest should be upgraded to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) or
> later.
> [User Action]
> If ALL your existing Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain Controllers
> meet
> this
> requirement, type C and then press ENTER to continue. Otherwise, type
> any
> other
> key and press ENTER to quit.
> C
> Opened Connection to DC
> SSPI Bind succeeded
> Current Schema Version is 31
> Upgrading schema to version 44
> ERROR: Waiting for ldifde to complete failed: 6
> Adprep successfully updated the forest-wide information.
> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>
>> Hello Megan,
>>
>> Run the command from the installation disk, not form the copied
>> folder on the disk.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> We copied sources\adprep directory locally. We have also confirmed
>>> we are in the correct groups, Enterprise and Schema Admins and we
>>> were on the Schema Master. Do you have thoughts as to why this
>>> failed?
>>>
>>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Megan,
>>>>
>>>> You run the adprep command from the 2008 installation disk directly
>>>> or did you copy the adprep folder to harddisk before? I assume you
>>>> use an account that is member of the schema admins and run it on
>>>> the schema master?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>> and
>>>> confers
>>>> no rights.
>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Same error. Do you know what the error code '6' means? Any ideas where we
might find this information?

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

> Hello Megan,
>
> Assuming that you run an AntiVirus program on it, at least stop all services
> belonging to it and try again.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
> > We just tried it directly from the CD and received the following
> > output.
> >
> > D:\sources\adprep>adprep /forestprep
> >
> > ADPREP WARNING:
> >
> > Before running adprep, all Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain
> > Controllers
> > in t
> > he forest should be upgraded to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) or
> > later.
> > [User Action]
> > If ALL your existing Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain Controllers
> > meet
> > this
> > requirement, type C and then press ENTER to continue. Otherwise, type
> > any
> > other
> > key and press ENTER to quit.
> > C
> > Opened Connection to DC
> > SSPI Bind succeeded
> > Current Schema Version is 31
> > Upgrading schema to version 44
> > ERROR: Waiting for ldifde to complete failed: 6
> > Adprep successfully updated the forest-wide information.
> > "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Megan,
> >>
> >> Run the command from the installation disk, not form the copied
> >> folder on the disk.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Meinolf Weber
> >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> >> confers
> >> no rights.
> >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> >>> We copied sources\adprep directory locally. We have also confirmed
> >>> we are in the correct groups, Enterprise and Schema Admins and we
> >>> were on the Schema Master. Do you have thoughts as to why this
> >>> failed?
> >>>
> >>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello Megan,
> >>>>
> >>>> You run the adprep command from the 2008 installation disk directly
> >>>> or did you copy the adprep folder to harddisk before? I assume you
> >>>> use an account that is member of the schema admins and run it on
> >>>> the schema master?
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Meinolf Weber
> >>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
> >>>> and
> >>>> confers
> >>>> no rights.
> >>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
>

Hello Megan,

Please check if all 5 FSMO roles are exsiting, run "netdom query fsmo" and
check that they are lsited on existing DC's. Additional run dcdiag /v on
the 2003 DC's and post theb output if errors exist.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Same error. Do you know what the error code '6' means? Any ideas where
> we might find this information?
>
> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>
>> Hello Megan,
>>
>> Assuming that you run an AntiVirus program on it, at least stop all
>> services belonging to it and try again.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> We just tried it directly from the CD and received the following
>>> output.
>>>
>>> D:\sources\adprep>adprep /forestprep
>>>
>>> ADPREP WARNING:
>>>
>>> Before running adprep, all Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain
>>> Controllers
>>> in t
>>> he forest should be upgraded to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) or
>>> later.
>>> [User Action]
>>> If ALL your existing Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain
>>> Controllers
>>> meet
>>> this
>>> requirement, type C and then press ENTER to continue. Otherwise,
>>> type
>>> any
>>> other
>>> key and press ENTER to quit.
>>> C
>>> Opened Connection to DC
>>> SSPI Bind succeeded
>>> Current Schema Version is 31
>>> Upgrading schema to version 44
>>> ERROR: Waiting for ldifde to complete failed: 6
>>> Adprep successfully updated the forest-wide information.
>>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>>>> Hello Megan,
>>>>
>>>> Run the command from the installation disk, not form the copied
>>>> folder on the disk.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>> and
>>>> confers
>>>> no rights.
>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>>> We copied sources\adprep directory locally. We have also confirmed
>>>>> we are in the correct groups, Enterprise and Schema Admins and we
>>>>> were on the Schema Master. Do you have thoughts as to why this
>>>>> failed?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello Megan,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You run the adprep command from the 2008 installation disk
>>>>>> directly or did you copy the adprep folder to harddisk before? I
>>>>>> assume you use an account that is member of the schema admins and
>>>>>> run it on the schema master?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> confers
>>>>>> no rights.
>>>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!!
>>>>>> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Hi again -

All 5 roles are hosted by the same DC. I also ran dcdiag /v and no errors
were posted.

Other suggestions?



"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

> Hello Megan,
>
> Please check if all 5 FSMO roles are exsiting, run "netdom query fsmo" and
> check that they are lsited on existing DC's. Additional run dcdiag /v on
> the 2003 DC's and post theb output if errors exist.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
> > Same error. Do you know what the error code '6' means? Any ideas where
> > we might find this information?
> >
> > "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Megan,
> >>
> >> Assuming that you run an AntiVirus program on it, at least stop all
> >> services belonging to it and try again.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Meinolf Weber
> >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> >> confers
> >> no rights.
> >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> >>> We just tried it directly from the CD and received the following
> >>> output.
> >>>
> >>> D:\sources\adprep>adprep /forestprep
> >>>
> >>> ADPREP WARNING:
> >>>
> >>> Before running adprep, all Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain
> >>> Controllers
> >>> in t
> >>> he forest should be upgraded to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) or
> >>> later.
> >>> [User Action]
> >>> If ALL your existing Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain
> >>> Controllers
> >>> meet
> >>> this
> >>> requirement, type C and then press ENTER to continue. Otherwise,
> >>> type
> >>> any
> >>> other
> >>> key and press ENTER to quit.
> >>> C
> >>> Opened Connection to DC
> >>> SSPI Bind succeeded
> >>> Current Schema Version is 31
> >>> Upgrading schema to version 44
> >>> ERROR: Waiting for ldifde to complete failed: 6
> >>> Adprep successfully updated the forest-wide information.
> >>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
> >>>> Hello Megan,
> >>>>
> >>>> Run the command from the installation disk, not form the copied
> >>>> folder on the disk.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Meinolf Weber
> >>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
> >>>> and
> >>>> confers
> >>>> no rights.
> >>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> >>>>> We copied sources\adprep directory locally. We have also confirmed
> >>>>> we are in the correct groups, Enterprise and Schema Admins and we
> >>>>> were on the Schema Master. Do you have thoughts as to why this
> >>>>> failed?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hello Megan,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> You run the adprep command from the 2008 installation disk
> >>>>>> directly or did you copy the adprep folder to harddisk before? I
> >>>>>> assume you use an account that is member of the schema admins and
> >>>>>> run it on the schema master?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Best regards
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Meinolf Weber
> >>>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
> >>>>>> and
> >>>>>> confers
> >>>>>> no rights.
> >>>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >>>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!!
> >>>>>> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
>

Hello Megan,

Have a look on this one about Exchange and Unix:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc783495.aspx

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi again -
>
> All 5 roles are hosted by the same DC. I also ran dcdiag /v and no
> errors were posted.
>
> Other suggestions?
>
> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>
>> Hello Megan,
>>
>> Please check if all 5 FSMO roles are exsiting, run "netdom query
>> fsmo" and check that they are lsited on existing DC's. Additional run
>> dcdiag /v on the 2003 DC's and post theb output if errors exist.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Same error. Do you know what the error code '6' means? Any ideas
>>> where we might find this information?
>>>
>>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Megan,
>>>>
>>>> Assuming that you run an AntiVirus program on it, at least stop all
>>>> services belonging to it and try again.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>> and
>>>> confers
>>>> no rights.
>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>>> We just tried it directly from the CD and received the following
>>>>> output.
>>>>>
>>>>> D:\sources\adprep>adprep /forestprep
>>>>>
>>>>> ADPREP WARNING:
>>>>>
>>>>> Before running adprep, all Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain
>>>>> Controllers
>>>>> in t
>>>>> he forest should be upgraded to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)
>>>>> or
>>>>> later.
>>>>> [User Action]
>>>>> If ALL your existing Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain
>>>>> Controllers
>>>>> meet
>>>>> this
>>>>> requirement, type C and then press ENTER to continue. Otherwise,
>>>>> type
>>>>> any
>>>>> other
>>>>> key and press ENTER to quit.
>>>>> C
>>>>> Opened Connection to DC
>>>>> SSPI Bind succeeded
>>>>> Current Schema Version is 31
>>>>> Upgrading schema to version 44
>>>>> ERROR: Waiting for ldifde to complete failed: 6
>>>>> Adprep successfully updated the forest-wide information.
>>>>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>>>>>> Hello Megan,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Run the command from the installation disk, not form the copied
>>>>>> folder on the disk.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> confers
>>>>>> no rights.
>>>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!!
>>>>>> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>>>>> We copied sources\adprep directory locally. We have also
>>>>>>> confirmed we are in the correct groups, Enterprise and Schema
>>>>>>> Admins and we were on the Schema Master. Do you have thoughts as
>>>>>>> to why this failed?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello Megan,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You run the adprep command from the 2008 installation disk
>>>>>>>> directly or did you copy the adprep folder to harddisk before?
>>>>>>>> I assume you use an account that is member of the schema admins
>>>>>>>> and run it on the schema master?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>>>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no
>>>>>>>> warranties,
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> confers
>>>>>>>> no rights.
>>>>>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>>>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!!
>>>>>>>> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm