Failed Replication - PDC has no objects, BDC does
Hi, we have a situation where all of the ojects in AD on our primary domain controller have disappeared. Fortunately the BDC has the objects, but I am unable to force the replication of the objects...
View ArticleWS2012r2 - Cross-forest trust - Can add groups to user but when I open it...
Hello Everyone,I hope you can help me resolve this issue, I'm missing something but I don't know what.I have 2 ws2012r2 domain controllers, each one with it's own forest (Lets call them A.com and...
View ArticleRemote site with secondary DC
Dear friends..I am trying to check my scenario with the community here .. I am hosting a client's exchange on Windows 2012 and DC on 2012 R2 in my data center say SITE - A ... now we decided to provide...
View ArticleWhere can I get X.500 OID during creating a new custom attribute in my schema
HiI would like to create a new custom attribute in my schema.Where can I get X.500 OID.Please help or guide me ..
View ArticleGetComputerSite()'s server list is empty...
Hey folks -- So I'm working in an Active Directory environment that is healthy.I've run: [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySite]::GetComputerSite()And expected the servers...
View ArticleSteps to make a SSL ldap connection from non-domain computer?
I am running a 2008r2 domain and I can connect in(using ldp)over 636 to a DC, bind, and run queries fine from computers that are on the domain. It sounds like that if I need to run some ldap queries...
View ArticleDCPromo Demotion Failure - could not transfer the remaining data in directory...
Hello,I'm having trouble demoting a Windows 2008 R2 Server from out domain. When I try to run the DCPROMO process it fails with the error of:Active Directory Domain Services could not transfer the...
View ArticleDSGETDCNAME advertising test failing. SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares not...
Hello all. We are currently running a Windows Server 2003 ADDC as a virtual machine on a Windows Server 2012 host using Hyper-V. We have recently added a second Windows Server 2012 ADDC also as a...
View ArticleHow to export group membership of entire users in an OU to CSV
I have been asked to generate a list of group member ship of all the users in an OU. For example The CSV should contain the username and any associated group membership for the user.I have tried the...
View ArticleLDAP Server is down
Hi,I have established a trust relationship between two domain and I thought it was fine because I can see the users from each one of the domains but I needed to run this command:setspn -l...
View ArticleAD Schema version 69 - 2008 R2
can you update the schema to 69 with 2008 R2 DC's or is 2012 DC a requirement?Jerry
View ArticleDefine LogonServer for sites
Hello,I would like to know where I can define which logonserver should be used. Our firm has offices at different locations and in each one, one DC.How do I tell the clients they should use one...
View ArticleDNS records are not 100% correct
For a while now we've been noticing that some DNS records are not correct. The records are pointing to incorrect IP addresses. One by one I open the record, update the IP, then replicate across all...
View ArticleIntroducing 2008 R2 as second domain controller
I am introducing a 2008 R2 server into a 2008 SP2 domain. When I attempt to install Active Directory Services on server being introduced, a message to run adprep.exe /forestprep prior to installing the...
View ArticleMulti Domain DNS - Conditional Forwarders
Hi All,I have a multi domain environment. A root domain and five child domains. the environment has been upgraded from Server 2000 to server 2008r2 over the years. we are currently running mixed mode...
View ArticleAdd Computer to Domain Delegation
In the process of separating administrator rolls within a domain, and I cannot find a definitive source for the required permissions that need to be granted for adding workstations to the domain. I...
View ArticleViewing all the data in the MemberOf attribute via LDP
I know there are other ways to do this and they work just fine but I was curious about this because I know there's a way to do this and it's bothering me that I can't remember it anymore.In LDP, I am...
View ArticleBadPwdCount and PDCe
I have a situation, or perhaps my understanding of BadPwdCount is wrong... I understand that BadPwdCount is not replicated, however the PDCe role holder acts a kind of a high watermark for this...
View ArticleReplication
My primary domain controller (DC1) is windows server 2003 R2 x64 I created a new ADC(DC2) which is Windows server 2008 x86 Enterprise. In Active Directory Sites and Services when i try to replicate i...
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