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PrashanthKasula
Dec 29, 2021Brass Contributor
Netbios
verification of prerequisites for domain controller promotion failed server due to netbios number should be change domain is having numbers and characters , netbios is not accepting, how can we fix ...
- Dec 29, 2021
Well the NetBIOS name is simply the computer name.
echo %computername%
should return it.
Dave Patrick
Dec 29, 2021MVP
143 is an illegal name
computers that are members of an Active Directory domain cannot have names that are composed completely of numbers. This restriction is because of DNS
PrashanthKasula
Dec 29, 2021Brass Contributor
Thanks a lot for all your replies and being patient in answering all my questions
so how can we fix this this is only example domain 143shanth.com as a valid website for the same if we wanted to configure AD what is the best solution , thanks
so how can we fix this this is only example domain 143shanth.com as a valid website for the same if we wanted to configure AD what is the best solution , thanks
- Dave PatrickDec 29, 2021MVP
The domain name looks Ok, it is just the domain controller's computer name that needs changed.
- PrashanthKasulaDec 29, 2021Brass Contributor143shanth.com ,instead of numbers if we use only shanth.com it should be a problem while we integrate or join azure AD for future requirement thanks
- Dave PatrickDec 29, 2021MVP
Here's a document for Azure resource naming.
Resource naming restrictions - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Docs