Promotes or Demotes an Active Directory domain controller Command line parameters include: /answer[:filename /unattend[:filename ...

Promotes or Demotes an Active Directory domain controller

Command line parameters include:

   /answer[:filename]

   /unattend[:filename]

   /adv

   /CreateDCAccount

   /UseExistingAccount:Attach

/answer is used to supply an unattended install script file.
/unattend is used to specify the unattend operation mode
/adv enables advanced user options.
/CreateDCAccount specifies to create a read-only domain controller account
/UseExistingAccount:Attach specifies to attach the server you are promoting to the read-only domain controller account you created for it previously

/CreateDCAccount and /UseExistingAccount:Attach are mutually exclusive.
Unattended installation parameters can also be specified on the
command-line.  For example:

   dcpromo.exe /ReplicaOrNewDomain:Replica

Programs that require a network connection won't work, because there is no virtual IP address available for this session. ... Programs that require a network connection won't work, because there is no virtual IP address available for this session. ... Prohibits use of Internet Connection Firewall on your DNS domain network. Determines whether users can enable the Internet ... Prohibits Windows Installer from generating and saving the files it needs to reverse an interrupted or unsuccessful installation. ... Promotes or Demotes an Active Directory domain controller Command line parameters include: /answer[:filename /unattend[:filename ... Promotion of the local domain controller to a global catalog has been delayed because the directory partition occupancy requirements ... Promotion of this domain controller to a global catalog will be delayed for the following interval. Interval (minutes): %1 ... Prompts users for alternate logon credentials during network-based installations. This setting displays the "Install Program ... Propagation stopped because the propagation state for search server cannot be read. Try propagation again. If this error ...