Unable to Browse Local Workstations or File Servers by Name
We have run into an intermitten issue where we unable to browse domain resources.Server Shares Printer Shares Local Workstation Admin SharesThe issue started during the week of August 4th. We first...
View ArticleAn AD DC for the domain xxx could not be contacted WHY
Hi I have created a domain controller and a VM to connect this DC I have succeeded but after a little changes now I cannot connect them. actually I had to reinstall the AD so now I cannot connect...
View ArticleDsReplicaGetInfo() failed with status 8453 (0x2105)
Dear,Sorry for my english,...I has two Windows Server 2003 domain controller in environment.I'm tried to in-place upgrade the domain to Windows Server 2008. After I upgraded the first DC (FSMO role...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Active Directory Migration Issue
Dear All,I am managing a Windows 2008 R2 active directory domain having one corporate office Site and 5 branch Sites. We are in the process of upgrading our active directory to Windows 2012. I have 2...
View ArticleKerberos/NTLM Authentication Failures across 2-Way Forest Trusts
Hello,In a 2-Way Transitive Forest Trust, for client authentications to work successfully for Kerberos and NTLM, do all DCs in a trusting domain must be able to establish secure channels with all DCs...
View Articlecomputers of an ou to be a member of group automatically
HII want to know how to add computers if a particular OU to particular Group AutomaticallySai Siva Kumar
View ArticleDNS zone missing missing domain sub folders
Hello,I'm trying to setup a child domain in a remote site. I've just follwed the procedure below.I've promoted the child domain DC and I'm waiting for the child dns zone records and folders to appear...
View ArticleKerberos SPN Clarification
I'm seeking clarification between:RestrictedKrbHost/Server.domain.com HOST/Server.domain.comAccording to this entry in MS-KILE, the RestrictedKrbHost SPN is used to authenticate to the system.According...
View ArticleEvent ID 2105 MSExchange ADAccess
Hello all, I've originally posted this in the Exchange 2007 forum and it was suggest I post here instead:Recently strted with these event ID 2105's on my front end exchange 2007 servers in an NLB...
View ArticleQuestions on forest deployment
Hi all,I am creating a forest trust between 2 forests. Forest A has infrastructure servers like SCOM, CA, etc, and Forest B is hosting Sharepoint. Forest B requires resources in Forest A for features...
View ArticleGlobal catalog ldap search
I had a question - if I use LDAP GC search using port 3268 in a forest with a base DN like "dc=test,dc=com", will it also search the trusted domains and not just test.com domain ?
View Articleusers not logging in with new dc
I promoted a new dc in a remote office verified that the new dc is in the correct site and subnet. shutdown the old dc but users are not using the new dc to login. They are going back to the main site...
View ArticleWhat are these object types for?
Hi,This is a basic question I have not found an answer to. What do the various object types in ADUC do?Groups, computers, users, org units are all self explanatory, however:What about:Contacts (I guess...
View ArticleActive Directory, problem removing old server
Hello,I'm having a bit of a problem and I'm I'm hoping for some assistance. I setup a new Windows 2008 R2 server onsite alongside a Windows 2003 R2 SBS server. I added the 2008R2 server to the...
View Articlesonar DataCollectionStat Failed
I am running the sonar utility to monitor the replication on a dfs folder and notice that several of my dfs servers are failing the DataCollectionStat At the bolltom it shows SCM: Access is denied...
View ArticleProvisioning users to Active Directory
We have a requirement wherein we have a web site which will offer some services to internet users. Te Web Site offers to signup for new users to access those services. I want to know how if we can use...
View ArticleDelete DFS Namespace on 2003 servers for decommissioning.
We're decommissioning 2 * 2003 R2 servers that have a namespace set up in DFS Management. The namespace has never been used. Do we just open DFS management, right-click the namespace and delete?Or do...
View ArticleError found by AD replication status tool, how do I fix this?
My Windows server environment was experiencing various odd symptoms after I decommissioned the forest's first server. (It was 10 years old, it was time to go before it just died). I had moved all the...
View ArticleDFS-N Namespace server P2V
We have a DFS-N configuration with three Windows 2003R2 Enterprise physical servers as namespace servers. 1 server is on site A while the other 2 servers are on site B. We are planning to do P2V of...
View ArticleAdd domain local group to domain global
I have a fairly complex forest in which I have a primary domain, call it D1, this domain is trusted by my root domain, call it D2, but D1 does not trust D2. Now throw in a third Domain, D3, which is a...
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