“A domain rename operation is already in progress”

Jan Reilink Windows Server

When promoting a Windows Server 2012 R2 to a Domain Controller failed… The other day, when I attempted to add a newly installed Active Directory to become the slave domain controller of a master, the error message “A domain rename operation is already in progress” was displayed. Promoting the Windows Server 2012 R2 server to a Domain Controller failed.

I was sure I never attempted to rename the original domain…

Assuming a domain rename operation was in progress (why?!), I ended that operation with rendom: 

C:\>rendom /end
 
The operation completed successfully.

After this operation, I could add my new slave domain controller.

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Jan Reilink

Hi, my name is Jan. I am not a hacker, coder, developer or guru. I am merely an application manager / systems administrator, doing my daily thing at Embrace - The Human Cloud. In the past I worked for clidn and Vevida. With over 20 years of experience, my specialties include Windows Server, IIS, Linux (CentOS, Debian), security, PHP, websites & optimization. I blog at https://www.saotn.org.

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jay
27/08/2019 18:58

THANKKKKKK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! saved me

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Anonymous
05/04/2017 12:43

Thk, a lot !!

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Clinton Johnson
26/02/2016 21:44

OMG! You are amazing and wonderful! Thank you! Thank you! That was perfect!

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Vazha Gelashvili
21/09/2015 18:26

Thank you so much!
I have a problem with contacting domain called domain.com and I want to rename it to hd.domain.com because old domain name is single labeled and that’s why I can’t join it.Then I started renaming operation and I have got error about unfinished rename operation.
So,you helped me very much! thanks again!

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