[ActiveDir] Test Lab Naming Conventions
I’m trying to complete a plan for a fully isolated, permanent test lab. I intend to fully mirror our current production environment. The primary purpose will be to test disaster recovery and other procedures before production implementation. I don’t intent to establish any domain trusts or other connections between the lab and production. The one question I have regards server and domain naming conventions. For those of you that have setup labs that mirror your production environments, did you use the same domain and server names in your test lab? Thanks
RE: [ActiveDir] Adding the first Win2003 R2 DC
Thanks for the info. I’m looking at upgrading my DC’s from 2003 sp1 to R2. Steve Linehan’s instructions are very helpful. Jim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thommes, Michael M. Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:53 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Adding the first Win2003 R2 DC I fixed this issue with ldp and Steve Linehan’s instructions to the list about two weeks ago. Microsoft supposedly has an “unofficial” patch to fix this issue. Talk to your TAM. Mike Thommes From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:46 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Adding the first Win2003 R2 DC All of the issues I have heard of around R2 ForestPrep have been around the mangling of the SFU attributes that has been discussed here. I am not sure why MSFT is acting surprised about it. Aric Bernard (from the list here) encountered it and told them about it in the beta groups a long long time ago. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Patton Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:36 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Adding the first Win2003 R2 DC Did you run into any issues performing this upgrade? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucas, Bryan Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:43 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Adding the first Win2003 R2 DC Thanks to all for the responses. Bryan Lucas Server Administrator Texas Christian University From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike kline Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:44 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Adding the first Win2003 R2 DC You need to run forestprep from the R2 CD on your schema master. Paul has a nice summary here: http://www.msresource.net/content/view/60/47/ and more from Microsoft http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/5022eea0-54bc-422f-b98b-ddb836c8ee851033.mspx?mfr=true Thanks Mike On 7/27/06, Lucas, Bryan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have 4 DC's that are Win2003 SP1 and 1 DC that is still Win2000 SP4. I'd like to add a new DC that is Win2003 R2. Is there anything special I need to do ( i.e. forestprep/domainprep) or can I join it just like another Win2003 SP1 DC? Thanks, Bryan Lucas Server Administrator Texas Christian University
RE: [ActiveDir] Adding the first Win2003 R2 DC
Did you run into any issues performing this upgrade? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucas, Bryan Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:43 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Adding the first Win2003 R2 DC Thanks to all for the responses. Bryan Lucas Server Administrator Texas Christian University From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike kline Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:44 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Adding the first Win2003 R2 DC You need to run forestprep from the R2 CD on your schema master. Paul has a nice summary here: http://www.msresource.net/content/view/60/47/ and more from Microsoft http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/5022eea0-54bc-422f-b98b-ddb836c8ee851033.mspx?mfr=true Thanks Mike On 7/27/06, Lucas, Bryan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have 4 DC's that are Win2003 SP1 and 1 DC that is still Win2000 SP4. I'd like to add a new DC that is Win2003 R2. Is there anything special I need to do ( i.e. forestprep/domainprep) or can I join it just like another Win2003 SP1 DC? Thanks, Bryan Lucas Server Administrator Texas Christian University
RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation
I’m using the Backup Exec 9.0, updated to build 4454. The final clue that really helped to identify the source of the problem was uninstalling the Veritas Remote Server Agent from the servers that would not restart/shutdown properly after the installation of SP4. One Veritas Tech sent me the wrong version of the updated driver, VSP.SYS as well as a beta version of a .dll which did not resolve the problem. Microsoft participated in researching this problem but made it clear that this was a Veritas issue. Couldn’t get an answer to why this became an issue with the installation of SP4 though. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation Jim, What Veritas product was this driver for? Thanks, Shawn From: Jim Patton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation I finally found the resolution to this problem. It came down to obtaining an updated version of the Veritas driver, VSP.SYS. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jim Patton Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation Thanks George! I do remember that step during the SP4 installation and elected to overwrite the existing files to preserve the integrity of the SP4 installation. Compaq replaced the CPU on one of the three servers that are affected by this problem and it didn’t resolve the problem. Didn’t really think it would, but it was the last piece of hardware that could possibly have had something to do with this issue. At the moment, I’m planning to rollback to SP3 on one of the three servers as the next step. However, after reading your message, I think I’ll download the drivers you’ve mentioned and load those in place of the existing files on one server as a test. Re-building these servers is the absolute last option. Thanks for your help and to everyone else that has provided input into this issue. I’ll keep the list posted on my progress. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Arezina Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation Jim, Here’s something you might want to think about regarding your Compaq servers. Regards, George From: Phillip Rabago [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Jan Beckman George, a colleague of mine forwarded your message to me. You may want to forward this reply to Jim Patton. I had a similar incident when upgrading a server (DL380) to SP4. After many attempts by tech support to resolve without rebuilding, they were ready to toss in the towel and suggested to rebuild. We talked a few minutes more and realized that one major step that seemed innocuous at the time, was probably the culprit. During SP4 installation you're asked if you want to replace cpqarray.sys (filename may be wrong, but it's close) and another similar file. DON'T replace them. They are the harddrive array drivers. If you replace them you won't be able to boot properly. Anyway, the solution (which isn't sanctioned by them, but was offered as sidebar by a tech who'd happened to have a similar experience) is to download the files from Compaq/HP and then create a floppy with the drivers on it, and use the floppy during Windows 2000 setup. Run Windows 2000 setup, hit F6 to select 3rd party array drivers from the floppy and finish the install. I don't recall the actual install that I ran, but I think I ran the repair rather that the normal install. But the important step is to get the machine to a command prompt and copy the files to their proper location. Sorry to be so vague in my description, but I was not feeling well at the time, I didn't take notes, and left as soon as I got the server rebooted and working (and didn't want to think about it again). With any luck, this will reach Jim in time, if he hasn't found this or another solution already. BTW, as a side note, I've found that making sure the AV software is turned off AND emptying ALL temp and cache folders, makes the chance of a successful installation nearly 100%. I haven't had a difficult install on any machine in which I've emptied all these folders first. Thanks Phillip Rabago -Original Message- From: Jan
RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation
I finally found the resolution to this problem. It came down to obtaining an updated version of the Veritas driver, VSP.SYS. Jim -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jim PattonSent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:32 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation Thanks George! I do remember that step during the SP4 installation and elected to overwrite the existing files to preserve the integrity of the SP4 installation. Compaq replaced the CPU on one of the three servers that are affected by this problem and it didn’t resolve the problem. Didn’t really think it would, but it was the last piece of hardware that could possibly have had something to do with this issue. At the moment, I’m planning to rollback to SP3 on one of the three servers as the next step. However, after reading your message, I think I’ll download the drivers you’ve mentioned and load those in place of the existing files on one server as a test. Re-building these servers is the absolute last option. Thanks for your help and to everyone else that has provided input into this issue. I’ll keep the list posted on my progress. Jim -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George ArezinaSent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:30 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: FW: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation Jim, Here’s something you might want to think about regarding your Compaq servers. Regards, George From: Phillip Rabago [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:48 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: Jan Beckman George, a colleague of mine forwarded your message to me. You may want to forward this reply to Jim Patton. I had a similar incident when upgrading a server (DL380) to SP4. After many attempts by tech support to resolve without rebuilding, they were ready to toss in the towel and suggested to rebuild. We talked a few minutes more and realized that one major step that seemed innocuous at the time, was probably the culprit. During SP4 installation you're asked if you want to replace cpqarray.sys (filename may be wrong, but it's close) and another similar file. DON'T replace them. They are the harddrive array drivers. If you replace them you won't be able to boot properly. Anyway, the solution (which isn't sanctioned by them, but was offered as sidebar by a tech who'd happened to have a similar experience) is to download the files from Compaq/HP and then create a floppy with the drivers on it, and use the floppy during Windows 2000 setup. Run Windows 2000 setup, hit F6 to select 3rd party array drivers from the floppy and finish the install. I don't recall the actual install that I ran, but I think I ran the repair rather that the normal install. But the important step is to get the machine to a command prompt and copy the files to their proper location. Sorry to be so vague in my description, but I was not feeling well at the time, I didn't take notes, and left as soon as I got the server rebooted and working (and didn't want to think about it again). With any luck, this will reach Jim in time, if he hasn't found this or another solution already. BTW, as a side note, I've found that making sure the AV software is turned off AND emptying ALL temp and cache folders, makes the chance of a successful installation nearly 100%. I haven't had a difficult install on any machine in which I've emptied all these folders first. Thanks Phillip Rabago -Original Message-From: Jan Beckman Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 7:17 AMTo: Phillip Rabago; Cheryl L. Qualls; James S. Sharp; Rashid Jasim; David Martin; Hal Taberner; Bill Siemsen; Erik S. LasiewskiSubject: FW: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation I have been monitoring the discussion groups for any problems popping up after installing W2k SP4. Thought I would share this one in case others have these server models. --jan -Original Message-From: George Arezina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:21 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation Jim, I could not agree with you more. Most techie support guys fall back on the same answer, "rebuild your server". I would really like to see them rebuild a server if they did not have extra hardware to fall back on. I ran in the
RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation
Thanks George! I do remember that step during the SP4 installation and elected to overwrite the existing files to preserve the integrity of the SP4 installation. Compaq replaced the CPU on one of the three servers that are affected by this problem and it didn’t resolve the problem. Didn’t really think it would, but it was the last piece of hardware that could possibly have had something to do with this issue. At the moment, I’m planning to rollback to SP3 on one of the three servers as the next step. However, after reading your message, I think I’ll download the drivers you’ve mentioned and load those in place of the existing files on one server as a test. Re-building these servers is the absolute last option. Thanks for your help and to everyone else that has provided input into this issue. I’ll keep the list posted on my progress. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Arezina Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation Jim, Here’s something you might want to think about regarding your Compaq servers. Regards, George From: Phillip Rabago [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Jan Beckman George, a colleague of mine forwarded your message to me. You may want to forward this reply to Jim Patton. I had a similar incident when upgrading a server (DL380) to SP4. After many attempts by tech support to resolve without rebuilding, they were ready to toss in the towel and suggested to rebuild. We talked a few minutes more and realized that one major step that seemed innocuous at the time, was probably the culprit. During SP4 installation you're asked if you want to replace cpqarray.sys (filename may be wrong, but it's close) and another similar file. DON'T replace them. They are the harddrive array drivers. If you replace them you won't be able to boot properly. Anyway, the solution (which isn't sanctioned by them, but was offered as sidebar by a tech who'd happened to have a similar experience) is to download the files from Compaq/HP and then create a floppy with the drivers on it, and use the floppy during Windows 2000 setup. Run Windows 2000 setup, hit F6 to select 3rd party array drivers from the floppy and finish the install. I don't recall the actual install that I ran, but I think I ran the repair rather that the normal install. But the important step is to get the machine to a command prompt and copy the files to their proper location. Sorry to be so vague in my description, but I was not feeling well at the time, I didn't take notes, and left as soon as I got the server rebooted and working (and didn't want to think about it again). With any luck, this will reach Jim in time, if he hasn't found this or another solution already. BTW, as a side note, I've found that making sure the AV software is turned off AND emptying ALL temp and cache folders, makes the chance of a successful installation nearly 100%. I haven't had a difficult install on any machine in which I've emptied all these folders first. Thanks Phillip Rabago -Original Message- From: Jan Beckman Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 7:17 AM To: Phillip Rabago; Cheryl L. Qualls; James S. Sharp; Rashid Jasim; David Martin; Hal Taberner; Bill Siemsen; Erik S. Lasiewski Subject: FW: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation I have been monitoring the discussion groups for any problems popping up after installing W2k SP4. Thought I would share this one in case others have these server models. --jan -Original Message- From: George Arezina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation Jim, I could not agree with you more. Most techie support guys fall back on the same answer, "rebuild your server". I would really like to see them rebuild a server if they did not have extra hardware to fall back on. I ran in the same trouble with Dell servers. We have Dell 1400, 2400, 2550, and 4400 servers. After my install of SP4 on 2550 series, problems became evident. I read back in July an article on SP4 http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=39644 It gave me a good warning what to expect once I installed SP4. Some of those problems appeared in my environment. I run a terminal server farm across 150 locations within Serbia. I installed SP4 on one server; my users reported all sorts of problems. I uninstalled SP4 and now run SP3 on all my servers until MS comes out with the next SP. My suggestion to you is uninsta
RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation
Title: Message When I re-applied SP4 I had the option to archive the files which would have overwritten the SP3 archive files. I elected not to overwrite the SP3 archive so that I would still have the rollback option available. Compaq is going to replace the CPU this evening. I doubt seriously that it will resolve the problem, but it will eliminate the last piece of hardware that could possibly be contributing to this problem. If the problem remains the same, I’m going to roll back to SP3 on the one of the three servers that is currently affected. If rolling back to SP3 resolves the problem, then I’ll rollback to SP3 on the two remaining servers plus my 2nd domain controller. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Weeks, Travis (COX-Atlanta) Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 4:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation I had an issue with one of the 45 or so DC's I installed SP4 on. It would reboot itself every few hours for no apparent reason. Dropping it back to SP3 fixed the problem. One thing to think about is that if he has already reapplied SP4 then he probably does not have the ability to uninstall SP4 and go back to SP3. Doesnt the unintall folder get overwritten if you reapply the service pack? -Original Message- From: George Arezina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation Jim, I could not agree with you more. Most techie support guys fall back on the same answer, “rebuild your server”. I would really like to see them rebuild a server if they did not have extra hardware to fall back on. I ran in the same trouble with Dell servers. We have Dell 1400, 2400, 2550, and 4400 servers. After my install of SP4 on 2550 series, problems became evident. I read back in July an article on SP4 http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=39644 It gave me a good warning what to expect once I installed SP4. Some of those problems appeared in my environment. I run a terminal server farm across 150 locations within Serbia. I installed SP4 on one server; my users reported all sorts of problems. I uninstalled SP4 and now run SP3 on all my servers until MS comes out with the next SP. My suggestion to you is uninstall SP4 and install only the security patches. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Patton Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 20:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I ran into a bit of a problem after upgrading six nearly identical servers to SP4. All six servers are Compaq DL380 G2’s running Windows 2000 Server and are nearly identical when it comes to the hardware configuration. Minor differences in the total RAM and total hard drive capacity that is installed. The problem is that of the six servers, three will no longer shutdown or reboot properly. Both the shutdown and reboot process takes me to a black screen which then makes it necessary to manually power-off the server. Using Compaq Insight manager and the latest version of SmartStart, I’ve made sure that all Compaq Drivers and Bios updates have been installed. No change in the problem. I’ve reapplied SP4 – no change. I re-installed the latest Compaq video drivers – no change. I’ve applied all the latest Microsoft updates and hotfixes, which have not resolved the problem. I’ve replaced the main system board, CPU and Smart 5i SCSI controller in one of the three affected servers – no change. Compaq is suggesting that I re-build the servers to resolve this software problem. That’s a bit easier said than done considering that the servers in question are my first AD Domain Controller, my one and only Exchange Server, and a server used to provide services including VPN authentication. My next course of action is to uninstall SP4 and rollback to SP3. I was hoping that someone on this list might have already encountered this problem or may be able to offer some suggestions before I pay Microsoft to help me resolve this problem. Thanks
[ActiveDir] Server Reboot problem after SP4 installation
I ran into a bit of a problem after upgrading six nearly identical servers to SP4. All six servers are Compaq DL380 G2’s running Windows 2000 Server and are nearly identical when it comes to the hardware configuration. Minor differences in the total RAM and total hard drive capacity that is installed. The problem is that of the six servers, three will no longer shutdown or reboot properly. Both the shutdown and reboot process takes me to a black screen which then makes it necessary to manually power-off the server. Using Compaq Insight manager and the latest version of SmartStart, I’ve made sure that all Compaq Drivers and Bios updates have been installed. No change in the problem. I’ve reapplied SP4 – no change. I re-installed the latest Compaq video drivers – no change. I’ve applied all the latest Microsoft updates and hotfixes, which have not resolved the problem. I’ve replaced the main system board, CPU and Smart 5i SCSI controller in one of the three affected servers – no change. Compaq is suggesting that I re-build the servers to resolve this software problem. That’s a bit easier said than done considering that the servers in question are my first AD Domain Controller, my one and only Exchange Server, and a server used to provide services including VPN authentication. My next course of action is to uninstall SP4 and rollback to SP3. I was hoping that someone on this list might have already encountered this problem or may be able to offer some suggestions before I pay Microsoft to help me resolve this problem. Thanks
