I trust Kurt's good sense to not try a snapshot restore on a DC. On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:46 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Snapshots rule. Unless (like I've had) you get some idiot using them to do > a restore on a virtualised DC, in which case you may hear a lot of *NO!!!! > * > > > On 19 August 2010 13:41, Martin Blackstone <mblackst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> YES! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:22 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: The arrrgghhhness of it all... >> >> And use snapshots to revert back when it breaks. >> >> On Thursday, August 19, 2010, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: >> > Try installing the second set of patches one (or a few) at a time, and >> see >> which one breaks DNS? >> > >> > That might give you (and us) a clue on what to drill down on >> > >> > Cheers >> > Ken >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] >> > Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 9:53 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: The arrrgghhhness of it all... >> > >> > 32-bit VM >> > ESX 3.5.0 Update 2 110268 13 Aug 2008 >> > Flexible adapter >> > Don't know what you mean by 'guest OS set correctly' >> > >> > Kurt >> > >> > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 18:24, Damien Solodow >> <damien.solo...@harrison.edu> wrote: >> >> Few questions: >> >> Windows x86 or x64? >> >> What update or build of ESX are you using? >> >> Which virtual nic are you using? >> >> Is the guest OS set correctly on the VM? >> >> -------------------------- >> >> Sent using BlackBerry >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] >> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 08:14 PM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >> >> Subject: The arrrgghhhness of it all... >> >> >> >> I'm trying to install Win2k3 R2 SP2 in an ESX3.5 VM, from scratch. >> >> It's blowing up on it big time, and I am really unhappy with it right >> >> now. >> >> >> >> Sitrep: >> >> >> >> Install Disk1 (Win2k3 R2 SP2), reboot, then Disk2, then install the >> >> VMWare tools, reboot, then join doimain - no problem. >> >> >> >> Install first round of 90+ patches from the MSFT site, minus IE8 and >> >> the malicious software removal tool, and plus a few optional goodies, >> >> such as .NET framework updates, reboot - no problem >> >> >> >> Install the second round of 43 updates, and no more DNS name >> >> resolution. Error in the event log 11167 Dnsapi - I've looked at >> >> that, and several other eventlog entries that probably stem from >> >> that. (17 W32tm, 1010 MsGina, 1053 Userenv in particular) >> >> >> >> I've scratched the machine twice and started over, and it's the same >> >> each time. I can resolve NetBIOS names, but it barks on any FQDN. >> >> "Ping request could not find host ad.example.com. Please check the >> >> name and try again." >> >> >> >> EventID.net isn't much help, as I've tried everything on there I can >> >> see, and it doesn't resolve the issue. >> >> >> >> Anyone run into this? It's terribly weird... >> >> >> >> Kurt >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> >> >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
