Unable to complete Additional domain controller installation

HI Team,
I have a Lab setup having 3 domain controllers. Initially I promoted a Domain Controller on 2008 server. After that I promoted another 2008 server as additional domain controller. Everything was completed successfully . But when I tried a 2012 server
as additional controller , the installation was not getting completed. Actually process is stucked in installation Tab. Even I installed 2012 server newly and the issue is persist.
Can anyone suggest me to fix this issue ?
Do we need to migrate schema ?
Regards
Sajin P S

Hi Anuj,
I'm sure that its is some thing related to a network issue. Make sure that all the necessary ports are open between the domain controllers.
Active Directory and Active Directory Domain Services Port Requirements
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772723(WS.10).aspx
Active Directory Firewall Ports - Let's Try To Make This Simple
http://msmvps.com/blogs/acefekay/archive/2011/11/01/active-directory-firewall-ports-let-s-try-to-make-this-simple.aspx
Use port query tool to see the opened ports.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4494.windows-server-troubleshooting-the-rpc-server-is-unavailable.aspx#Using_PortQry
Regards,
Rafic
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