Hi Technet,
Last night I followed Microsoft Documentation to install the Directory Services role and then promoted a Server 2012 (Data Center) server to a Domain Controller in my environment. The role installation completed normally, and I was able to complete the promotion and reboot. Following a reboot, everything seems to be working 100% normally - but when opening Server Manager I noticed something strange:
Server Manager still says that I need to Promote the server to a Domain Controller. Even after additional reboots it still says this.
Meanwhile, Directory Services seems to be working perfectly on the server, and it's replicating correctly to all other DCs in my environment. No errors in event log on this server, or on other DCs in my environment related to this server. I am able to connect to AD Users and Computers on the new DC as well as other directory services snap-ins and they seem to be working properly as well - changes made using the snap ins on this server replicate to my other DCs and vice versa.
Specifics:
New DC: Server 2012 Data Center Edition, current Windows Updates.
All other DCs: Server 2008R2 SP1
DFL: 2008
FFL: 2003
All FSMO roles still on one of my 2008R2 DCs
At this point I'm not sure what to do except ignore this and chalk it up to a bug, but would love to hear from anyone else who has seen and perhaps resolved this, or from MS themselves for suggestions. I haven't been able to find any accounts from other people with this issue. I suppose I could run the promotion from server manager again and see what happens, but I'm hesitant to do this as everything appears to be working, and don't want that to result in damage / corruption / other issues in my existing AD Structure.
Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.
Keith Kelly
Systems Administrator
Easter Seals UCP NC
keith.kelly@eastersealsucp.com