Joe, a system administrator, is replacing an aging print server. Once he reached the step to join the new server to the existing domain, he kept getting an error and could not complete the step successfully. Which of the following did Joe forget to do?

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D. He did not properly configure the network settings. Domain join operations depend on the server being able to resolve the Active Directory domain name via DNS to locate a domain controller. If the NIC is missing an IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, or is pointing to the wrong DNS server, the domain controller cannot be found and the join will fail with an error. Proper network configuration is a prerequisite for all subsequent domain and application setup steps.

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A. He did not recreate the printer on the new print server. Recreating printers is a post-migration task that has no bearing on whether a server can successfully authenticate and join the domain.

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B. He did not migrate the print server database. Migrating the print server database is performed after the server is already a domain member, so its absence would not cause a domain join failure.

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C. He did not restore a full backup of the old print server. Restoring a full backup of the old server is not a valid step when deploying a new replacement server; a new server is configured from scratch, not restored from the old one.

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