Re: Server 2003 as a DC - Active Directory dies???
- From: Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:02:18 +0000 (UTC)
Hello Zac,
But if you are able to work you can add a second DC during that time(hopefully) and start thinking about kicking the problem machine out. So you keep AD/DNS/GC even if the machine dies forever.
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Meinolf Weber
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A reboot doesn't fix the cause of the problem though.
"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
Hello Zac,
You said after reboot you can work, so what?
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Again, ANYTHING that requires Windows authentication (like running
those commands) won't work. I can't even log onto the machine to run
them anyway. And doing a "runas" from elsewhere in the domain won't
work, either (requires authentication).
I had already thought of throwing a VM onto one of the other servers
and letting it propagate as a second DC to rebuild the first one,
but I was curious if there was anyway to fix this one before
resorting to that?
"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
Hello Zac,
Install ASAP a second DC/DNS/GC in the domain!!!
For troubleshooting run diagnostic tools dcdiag /v, netdiag /v and
post the output here.
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Meinolf Weber
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I've got a Server 2003 Domain Controller (Only one in the domain)
of which it's like Active Directory mainly dies. Suddenly. Without
warning.
When this happens, here's what I observe:
1) The logon box (either local or RDP, doesn't matter) is gone.
Nothing to
CTL+ALT+DEL on, nothing. Just the gray Secure Desktop background.
2) Anything that requires Windows authentication (Shares, Outlook,
Programs,
etc) starts failing.
3) Anything that uses stand-alone authentication (I've got
third-party
chat
software that uses its own database) continues to function.
So again, it's almost like Active Directory takes a dive.
This happens very inconsistently (Enough so I think calling
Microsoft Support on this would be a waste, because I cannot
reproduce it at any time). I've gone three weeks with no issues,
and
then like today, it happened two times within 4 hours.
Only solution is to hard reset the server, which I hate to do.
Event Viewer has NOTHING in it. All of a sudden you just start
seeing "Authentication Failed" messages popping up from various
apps, but nothing consistent or nothing to suggest what's going
on.
Any ideas?
.
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