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Windows Server 2008 Enterprise &
Domain Controller DNS Server DHCP Server
Installation Procedure
Version 1.0
18 April 2008

Date
18 April 2008

Version
1.0

Author
QuangTM

Table of content
1. Config IP address & change computer name for installation
1.1 – Config IP address 1.2 – Change computer name

2. Install Active Directory & Config DNS server
2.1 – Install ActiveDirectory 2.2 – Config DNS server 2.3 – Reconfig the IP address & Test the lookup ability

3. Install & Config DHCP server
3.1 – Install DHCP service 3.2 – Config DHCP server

1. Config IP address & change computer name for installation
1.1– Config IP address
Open Network and sharing center then click “Manage network connections”

Disable the network cards that you don’t use to avoid errorin domain installation. In this scence, we use the wireless adapter so we’ll disable the wired adapter

Right click the connection we wanna config and choose properties

Uncheck the IP v6, choose IP v4 and click Properties button

Set the IP address as shown in the picture. Click OK to complete step 1.1 Note : the 192.168.1.2 will be the IP address of DC, DNS & DHCP server

1.2– Changethe computer name
By default in windows server 2008, the computer name will be WIN-xxxx so we should change it for the convinient while installation. To change the name, right click the My Computer icon and choose Properties

In the next window, click “Change settings”

Click the “Change” button in System properies dialog

Give the new name for the server and click OK Note : in thisdocument, the name of the test computer (server name) will be VNDC001

Click Close button to close the System properies dialog, in this step, we see that the server name has been changed

Click Restart now to restart and apply new name to the server

2. Install Active Directory & Config DNS server
2.1– Install Active Directory
From Start menu, open the Run box, type dcpromo and click OKCheck the box named “ Use advanced mode installation” and click next

In the next dialog, click Next to continue

Check in the box “ Create a ne w domain in a ne w forest” and click Next

Give the full domain name and click Next Note : in this lab, we’ll use fsrv.com.vn as full name for the forest. Click Next and wait for the check progress

After the check progress has completed, givethe netBIOS name and click Next Note : We’ll use FSRV as the netBIOS name

In Forest functional level choose “Windows Server” 2003” and click Next Note : this will allow you to add another domain controller that running windows server 2003

In Domain functional level choose “Windows server 2003” and click Next

Wait for the DNS examining progress

Check the box named “DNS server” andclick Next

In the next dialog box, click Yes to continue

Click Next to keep the default Databse, Log and Sysvol folders

Give the restore mode password to use when recover domain from crash. Click Next to continue In this test, we’ll use this password : 123qwe!@# to have a strong password

In the next dialog, click Next and wait for the DC installation

Click Finish to complete theinstallation of DC

Click Restart now to restart the server and apply new configuration

2.2– Config DNS server
From start menu, go to Administrative tool and open choose DNS

In DNS manager window, right click the Reverse Lookup Zone and choose “New zone ”

Click Next to continue

Check “Primary zone” box and click Next

Check the box “To all DNS server in this domain…” and clickNext

Check the box “ IPv4 reverse lookup zone” and click Next

Give the network ID : 192.168.1 and click Next

Check the box named “Allow nonsecure and secure dynamic updates” and click Next

Click Finish to complete the configuration

2.3 – Reconfig the IP address & Test the lookup ability
After the DNS server configuration, the DNS address in the network connection will be set to...