Hello
I have set up two new DC`s in a Windows 2008 R2 domain. After manually adding the DNS role I have DCPROMOed both with no problems but after checking the System EventLog I noticed the following error on both DC`s:
EventId, 7034 Service Control Manager "The Active Directory Web Services service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time".
I proceeded with checking the ADWS service and sure enough it was not started. Upon trying to start it it runs for a few Seconds, then stops and the same error appears in the EventLog but now with ID 7031. (there are no errors in the ADWS log!!). Sure enough, Windows PowerShell will not load any AD modules.
I then installed a new testdomain with only one DC and repeated the procedure, DCPROMO OK, but to my surprise the same error pops up here!
The only common thing between the two setups is that the servers (running on ESX 5.1) are made out of the same Windows 2008 R2 template in VMWare. Windows Update are up to date.
Also not that the servers are not Internet enabled (they use a bogus default GW).
Uncle Google and Papa Bing could not help very much, so I am trying out this forum. Have anyone seen anything similar to this?
Maddas69, Norway