Installing Active Directory

The steps in this section describe how to enable the Windows® system to be a domain controller and define a domain within which SAN File System users and groups exist. This example creates a domain called sanfsdom.net to contain the directory elements needed to manage SAN File System.

Prerequisites

You must have a Microsoft® Windows 2000 Server system.

Context

If you plan to use SAN File System with a preexisting Active Directory installation, you can skip this section.

Steps

  1. Open the Server configuration program using Start > Programs > Administrative > Configure your server. The Windows 2000 Server system configuration is displayed.
  2. Click Active Directory in the left menu. The Active Directory Installation wizard appears.
    1. Click Next to continue.
    2. Select the Domain controller for a new domain option and click Next.
    3. Select the Create a new domain tree option. In this simple example, a new domain is sufficient.
    4. Select the Create a new forest of domain trees option for this example. Blending a SAN File System domain into other domains requires Active Directory expertise.
    5. Specify the name of your new domain.
    6. Specify the database and log locations.
    7. Specify the folder for the shared system volume.
    8. If you are using an Active Directory domain name that is not known to DNS, then the following message appears and is normal in this case. For a minimal configuration, DNS recognition of the Active Directory domain is not necessary. Click OK.
      The wizard cannot contact the DNS server that handles the name
      "sanfsdom.net" to determine if it supports dynamic update.  Confirm you 
      DNS configuration, or install and configure a DNS server on this computer.
    9. The Permissions options on the next screen do not affect SAN File System. Click Next.
    10. Enter a password twice.
    11. Click Finish and follow the prompts to reboot.

Postrequisites

Continue with Configuring Active Directory.

Parent topic: Configuring LDAP using Microsoft Active Directory LDAP
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