Automated Join Procedure

Updated: 11/03/2003 Version 1.00

This process automates the process of joining machines to the Campus domain within CalNetAD.

Assumptions:

1. You have pre-created the computer account in the Campus.Berkeley.Edu domain. If not, follow the instructions for creating the computer account here first.
2. The machine is configured to use ns1.berkeley.edu and ns2.berkeley.edu as primary and secondary DNS servers:

   ns1.berkeley.edu -> 128.32.136.9, 128.32.206.9
   ns2.berkeley.edu -> 128.32.136.12, 128.32.206.12

3. The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service is started. If it is not started, you will get the error message: "Network Location Cannot be Reached" Error Message When You Try to Join a Domain".

4. The machine to be joined is running Windows 2000 or higher.
5. The machine is a member of a workgroup (standalone), not a domain.

Before proceeding, you will need:

•  To log on to the machine as local administrator
•  The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the machine to be joined
•  Your CalNetAD administrator account and password

Once you have all the information, follow the instructions below:

1. Logon as local administrator of the machine to be joined to the domain.
2. Open your web browser and go to the scripts page of the CalNetAD website:

   http://calnetad.berkeley.edu/documentation/scripts/

3. From this page, download the zipped file, joinDomain.zip, and extract all files from the archive to a local directory on the machine.
4. Open the command prompt and run the script from the directory where it was extracted to. For detailed instructions on running the script, click on the following link: HOW TO: Using the joinDomain.cmd script

Example:

To join a machine with a FQDN of yourmachine.ls.berkeley.edu to the CAMPUS domain, the correct joinDomain syntax is:

       joindomain   mymachine.ls.berkeley.edu   campus   youradminID

5. After successful completion of script, reboot the machine.
   
6. Your machine is now joined to the Campus domain.