Moving a Vitural DC to new Host
Hi I need to move a virtual DC to a new host. What is wrong with this process? Current 2008r2 host New Server 2012 host (Sick Raid controller on current host, all other VM moved in same...
View ArticleThe Active Directory Certificate Services service terminated with...
Hi, my CS on my WHS 2011 stop with the error message above. I also see an error in the Application Log: Active Directory Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database connection...
View ArticleRights for administering Active Directory and Controllers in one Site
Hello, all! We have an Active Directory Domain with multiple sites. Following Task: Group of users needs to administer Active Directory (Domain Admins rights only) with an exception - logons must be...
View ArticleThe security database on the server does not have a computer account for this...
The issue is the client get an error when user attempts to login in. The error message is "The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust...
View ArticleBPA result 'This domain controller must register a DNS SRV...' question
I've read many post about this issue but can't get the issue resolved on my network. Or maybe can't get my head around the advice offered to apply it to my situation. Network detail, the issues and...
View ArticleHow to change domain administrator password
We have a domain Domain Controller: Win 2008 r2 ent Additional DC: win 2003 r2 std exchnage server:win 2003 r2 Std Can you please give me the steps to chnage then domain administrator password? Is it...
View Articlekerbos srv record missing for my RODC
Hi i am missing my srv record for my rodc server in my domain host -t srvc _kerberos._tcp.adbc.com yield only my non rodc servers is that normal ???
View ArticleActive Directory Certificate Services could not find required Active...
Hello I just installed an AD CS server (2008r2) Into my 2008 domain. I'm trying to issue a web server certificate that allows exporting (I copied the default template and enabled exporting). When I...
View ArticleNETLOGON Event ID 5721 after DJOIN
Setting up two servers in our DMZ for ADFS proxy roles. I did a DJOIN to add them to the domain and they seem to be authenticating alright against our RODC as admins can RDP using domain credentials,...
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Continuous Active Directory Account Lock out
Hi Guys After just a domain restructure between Windows 2003 Forest and Windows Server 2008 Forest which caused both forest become one Active Directory Forest 2008, I am getting continuous account lock...
View ArticleNTP Time, ISA 2006, a PDC, a DC and a bunch of other computers...
I was thrust into a Network Admin position that I prob am not very qualified for... lol I am trying to get the forest NTP time worked out - there were apparently long-standing errors and related...
View ArticleNIS, NFS, AD DS
So im reading the posts that I can find on this topic but figured I would ask as well. We have unix servers that NFS mount volumes that are on our NetApp. These shared are accessed by unix clients...
View ArticleAny catch on using photos in AD?
Hi, We want to start looking into the possibility of putting employee photos in AD. These pictures would show up in the Global Address List and could be used by staff to help figure out “who is who”....
View ArticleChanges to AD users not 'sticking'
Recently I've discovered a bizarre issue on my domain. I've created a script to populate the EmployeeNumber field on our users. While it is hardly best practice, I developed the script by targeting...
View ArticleWhich e-mail address?
We used to provide all of our users with e-mail accounts on our domain. However, now, many users wish to use their own e-mail accounts. When I fill in the "E-mail" field in Active Directory, it still...
View ArticleWeird "Access denied" issue on Domain Controllers
Hi there We have a 2003 AD Domain comprised of 1 main site and multiple branch sites. We have picked up a weird issue with 3 of our branches, where if I try doing a \\DCname\C$ or a new view \\DCname I...
View Article_msdcs for domain.com in dns mgmt points to old, nonexistent server plus NO...
I've got an old DNS server that died. Two other DNS servers exist in the domain. The forest level is Win 2000 and the domain level is Win 2003. Under the forward lookup - 'domain.com' - _msdcs record I...
View ArticleAD client flowchart - how the resource confirms authorisation.
Hello, i am trying to put together a flow chart of how a "Client" would retrieve information from a file-server in AD domain. i have got so-far in my conclusions. 1.Client wants to access CV.doc on its...
View ArticleMigrating user prinicipals from MIT KDC to AD domain controllers
We are operating a set of MIT KDC's for authenticating users on a number of Linux-based computers at our site; we recently deployed an Active Directory domain for Windows 7 and Server 2008R2 systems to...
View ArticleIssues to Fix on Domain Controllers before Migration
Hello all, I'm in the process of upgrade our Windows Server 2003 Domain to a 2008 R2 domain. Before I proceed, I need to get some advice on the process. Here is an overview of our current...
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