Event ID 5504
In Our 2 AD-DNS servers, we received event 5504 log : The DNS server encountered an invalid domain name in a packet from *.*.*.*. The packet will be rejected. The event data contains the DNS packet.How...
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I am replicating a folder from Server A to Server B. Server A is "Primary". The folder in Server A has a size of 600GB. The initial replication is complete however the folder size in Server B is only...
View ArticleActive directory replication trouble
I have a question about Active directory I have 7 DC in my environment (2 DC in the Forest root, 3 in the admin domain and 2 in the academic domain) all 7 servers are 2003 Enterprise SP2Looking at...
View ArticleActive Directory client failover takes too long
We have 2 domain controllers in our network (2008 R2 running at 2008 R2 functional level). However, anytime we reboot one or take one down, any clients that used that particular DC as a logon server...
View ArticleNew 2012 Active Directory Domain Setup, DNS Convention Question
I'm setting up a new Active Directory Network from scratch for a client with 2 Server 2012 DCs. Haven't setup 2012 yet - first DC setup. I've always setup 1 office Active Directory Domains with just a...
View ArticleAsign one user with full administrator rights in ws 2012
I need to assign one user with full administrator rights with 2012 and I'm sure how to do that one. I was able to do it in ws 2003. ws 2012 is to new for me. Thanks
View ArticleSetting up trust for old 2003 domain to new 2008
I am currently trying to decide on how to create a new 2008 domain in which all my users will be created new because of profile and other user script related problems. Our current environment is 2003AD...
View ArticleWindows Active Directory - Grapical Management
I was wondering if anyone knew of a program that would provide a feature of arranging computers on a network visually. What I mean by this, is having somthing that shows where each of the computers are...
View ArticleSetup Deny access for everyone on a user object without affecting email...
Hello there-We are running 2003 domain functional level. I got a request to secure an OU and the user objects within, to be used for terminated users... The idea is to 1. prevent anyone (except for one...
View ArticleSetup Deny access for everyone on a user object without affecting email...
Hello there-We are running 2003 domain functional level. I got a request to secure an OU and the user objects within, to be used for terminated users... The idea is to 1. prevent anyone (except for one...
View ArticlemsSFU30MaxUidNumber, $NISDomain missing
I have Active Directory running on Server 2008 R2 Standard. I have installed Identity Management for Unix. The Unix Profile tab appears for user accounts in ADUC, and I can manually populate the values...
View ArticleHub and spoke AD site model and DFS share access via VPN
The desgin is like below1 Central AD site and 5 Branch AD sites. All Brach sites (AD site links exists) connects to central site for replication. There is a DFS configured in central site as well as in...
View ArticleCan Enterprise Exchange Admin have access to other users mailbox/mails?
Hi, My organization has 50 - 60 users and uses Exchange 2010 for mail communication . I requested my IT director to include me in the mail support helpdesk team . He is sceptically about...
View ArticleRemove first DC/GC in Forest
HiWe are running a Windows 2003/2008 environment. All the DC's are Windows 2003. The time has come to decom one of the DC's, however this is the first one we built in the forest. The DC no longer holds...
View ArticleHow could I know the frequency of intra-site replication and inter-site...
How could I know the frequency of intra-site replication and inter-site replication ? I saw Site and Service schedule and replication looks most of servers are 4times per hour in GUI but in replmon it...
View ArticleAD does not update
Hello.Iam having a strange issue.I noticed this first when i added some users to a group and then i did run a powershell command that lists all users in a group and he command dident output the new...
View ArticleNTLM Authentications high on one DC
HiIn our main office, we have six DC/GC's - DC1 - DC6.domain.comWe have a third party monitoring tool which is helping us maintain the environment. It was put in recently and is telling us that the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 AD Domain Administrator Password Reset
Hi All,I want to change the Administrator password (Domain Admin, Schema Admin, Enterprise Admin) in my environment. Because, This password has been shared to team members unknowingly.Please Let me...
View ArticleDomain Controller clients listing
Hi, we have a primary Domain Controller and a secondary DC in our network. we had to do some maintenance on the primary DC so we stopped the services on DC1, so all the services were owned by the...
View Article2 DIFFERENT domains and active directories connected via VPN
Hi Guys,I am new with the configuration of a complicated Domain Controller and Active Directory and I am seeking your assistance.Legend:Our Company's Network = NETWORK AClient's Network = NETWORK BHere...
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