RE: [ActiveDir] Can a 2003 server be a domain controller in a 200 0 domain?

2005-07-11 Thread Ruston, Neil
... Or check the Schema version - version 30 should be shown if w2k3 forestprep has been executed successfully. neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond Sent: 09 July 2005 21:04 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [Ac

Re: [ActiveDir] GPMC Error

2005-07-11 Thread mike kline
Thanks Darren & Matty, I'm going to try your suggestions out and I'll let you know how it turns out. Darren I just picked up the resource kit. Your group policy book is great. Excellent work!! Thanks Mike On 7/10/05, Darren Mar-Elia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's part of it. That do

RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored.

2005-07-11 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored. realize that this search-flag can't be applied to all attributes (e.g. linked attributes such as member/memberOf) => as such you will always require a combination of actions to successfully recover users to a previous state.

RE: [ActiveDir] Sysprep Win2k3 Servers...maybe a DC?

2005-07-11 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
works fine - done it many times - that's what sysprep is for (no matter what the future role of machine is supposed to be - even a DC)   even works nice with sysprepped VMware images ;-)   /Guido From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex FontanaSent: Samstag, 9.

RE: [ActiveDir] Sysprep Win2k3 Servers...maybe a DC?

2005-07-11 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
wait until you have to handle many virtual servers - even DCs... /Guido -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Renouf Sent: Samstag, 9. Juli 2005 09:55 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Sysprep Win2k3 Servers...maybe

RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored.

2005-07-11 Thread Eric Fleischman
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored. > BTW, Win2003 SP1 has updated some search flags, so as to add the SIDhistory and Password attributes to the tombstone (I believe this > is only valid for new installation of AD).   Actually, not quite. For sidHistory,

RE: [ActiveDir] Programmatic auditing of AD changes similar to what Quest/NetPro use

2005-07-11 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
Chuck - what exactly are you trying to achieve/monitor? AD itself doesn't provide a real event-driven model for notification of changes to objects, but for single object monitoring you can get quite far with WMI event queries (which in the background read the instance of an object and then conti

Re: [ActiveDir] Programmatic auditing of AD changes similar to what Quest/NetPro use

2005-07-11 Thread Chuck Chopp
Grillenmeier, Guido wrote: Chuck - what exactly are you trying to achieve/monitor? I need to monitor for creation, deletion, renaming and moving of user objects, group objects and for objects based on 2 or 3 other application-specific object classes in AD. Additionally, I need to monitor f

[ActiveDir] exchange upgrade (OT)

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
I'm moving to exchange 2k3 and i'm starting off with a fresh new server We use HP proliant DL's here. My questions are - I want to use raid 0+1 or raid 10(deoending on price) for the trans logs. I want to keep the exchange binaries and db seperate from the logs on a raid 5. To do this, do i need

RE: [ActiveDir] Attribute on AD users called employeeID

2005-07-11 Thread Figueroa, Johnny
We are adding an employeeID in batch, connect to a specific DC to make the change. Then when I try to search in ADUC pointing to the same DC, doing an advanced search and the presence of the attribute. The changes seem to take a long time to show up in ADUC. The attribute is not in the GC if that

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange upgrade (OT)

2005-07-11 Thread Charlie Kaiser
We use a DL380 with 6 drives for our E2K3 server. One RAID 1 set for OS/Logs, one 3-drive RAID 5 set for the DBs, and a hot spare available to both arrays. Given our E2K3 org size (single server, DB of around 17gb, under 200 mailboxes, low PF usage), this setup works fine. We only use one controll

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange upgrade (OT)

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
Thanks. My old exchange 2k box was a active/passive cluster. It had 2 storage groups, together ~80gig. The new server will not be a cluster and the old one will be reitred after the mailbox move. I was wondering if i could attach the MSA 1000 box to the new server and use that for more drives.

RE: [ActiveDir] Programmatic auditing of AD changes similar to what Quest/NetPro use

2005-07-11 Thread Alain Lissoir
WMI can be used for the monitoring but the capabilities are quite limited with the current WMI provider implementation. Despite this, it could be useful is some very specific pin-point monitoring cases. However, in your case, you definitively need something else. NETPRO solution seems to me the be

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange upgrade (OT)

2005-07-11 Thread Coleman, Hunter
What's your reason for using RAID 0+1 or RAID 10 for the transaction logs? RAID 1 should be more than adequate in terms of redundancy and performance. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:50 AM To: Active

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange upgrade (OT)

2005-07-11 Thread Charlie Kaiser
Should work, AFAIK. That's the setup we use on our current backup system... Test, of course.. :-) I seem to remember running into issues with older 380s (G1) and some RAID cards being incompatible, but testing will verify your configuration... Should only be an issue if you're buying an additional

Re: [ActiveDir] Programmatic auditing of AD changes similar to what Quest/NetPro use

2005-07-11 Thread Chuck Chopp
Alain Lissoir wrote: WMI can be used for the monitoring but the capabilities are quite limited with the current WMI provider implementation. Despite this, it could be useful is some very specific pin-point monitoring cases. However, in your case, you definitively need something else. NETPRO sol

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange upgrade (OT)

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
well, in Exchange server 2003 24/7, he recommends putting the trans logs on a sperate raid1+0 if you can. So i thought i'd place the binaries on raid 5, trans logs on raid 1+0, and the db on raid 1+0 or 5 depending on disks i have. I figure i'll use the msa 1000 which has about 10 drives in it ri

[ActiveDir] branch office and dns

2005-07-11 Thread Jeff Kraus
Hi all, I would like to setup a branch office theat connects to our domain via a vpn so that the branch office can resolve our internal  ad intrergrated domain and use thier local isp dns for external instead of looking to the  HQ dns servers and have them resolve the external name (which t

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange upgrade (OT)

2005-07-11 Thread Medeiros, Jose
Hi Tom, I hope you do mind if I throw in my two cents. I strongly agree with Charlie. HP Proliant controllers are rock solid, I really like the 5304 controllers and the newer replacement 6404. In answer to your question, yes you can have multiple raid arrays off the same controller, and in fac

[ActiveDir] exchange install issues(OT again)

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
I'm installing exchange 2k3 on a win2k3 sp1 member server in a native mode exchange 2k org. Forest prep was already run months ago for an exchange 2k3 install in the root domain. I've run domain prep in the exchange domain i'm about to install exchange2k3. i've checked the exdeploy.log and all l

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange upgrade (OT)

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
thanks!! I agree with you on HP's controllers. I've been only working with them for 5 years, but i've never had a failure. we use smart array 5i/6i controllers. Medeiros, Jose wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I hope you do mind if I throw in my two cents. I strongly agree with > Charlie. HP Proliant con

RE: [ActiveDir] branch office and dns

2005-07-11 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
Assuming you have windows 2003 dns you can use conditional forwarding I suppose you could configure forwarding for certain internal domains to the HQ DNS servers if needed and for all other DNS domains forward to the local ISPs Cheers, #JORGE# From: [EMAIL PROT

[ActiveDir] DSQUERY & DSGET provide inconsistent results - help

2005-07-11 Thread Dan Holme
A client is using DSQUERY is to dump a list of the Domain Admins group every 15 minutes or so.  They’re finding that it ‘misses’ some members—they’ll be there in one query, gone the next, then reappear.   Has anyone seen this behavior with this command?   dsquery group -name "%GRP%" | dsg

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange upgrade (OT)

2005-07-11 Thread Brian Desmond
Actually had a 5i crap out Friday afternoon. First time here. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 2:00 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir

RE: [ActiveDir] DSQUERY & DSGET provide inconsistent results - help

2005-07-11 Thread David Cliffe
Could it be that one of your DCs is out of sync with the rest?  Would this happen if you used the '-s' option to explicitly connect to the same server each time?  (not that *that* would solve a DC out of sync, but at least you'd understand why)   -DaveC Reuters IS&T Service Delivery From:

RE: [ActiveDir] DSQUERY & DSGET provide inconsistent results - help

2005-07-11 Thread Peter Johnson
Is this a single domain forest?? If not Does the Domain Admins Group contain users from other domains in the forest. I;m wondering if it might be a cross-domain name resolution issue? MAybe intermittent? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dan Holme Sent: Mon 2

[ActiveDir] User Administration Scripts/Tools

2005-07-11 Thread Mark . H . Lunsford
I am looking for a suite of either scripts or tools that have pretty good documentation and will allow our administration staff to be able to make mass changes to user/group objects. Does anyone have any recommendations ? Thank You ! And have a nice day ! ***

RE: [ActiveDir] User Administration Scripts/Tools

2005-07-11 Thread Charlie Kaiser
Admod. www.joeware.net Make sure to check out the other Joeware tools... ** Charlie Kaiser MCSE, CCNA Systems Engineer Essex Credit / Brickwalk 510 595 5083 ** > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

[ActiveDir] GPO question

2005-07-11 Thread Cothern Jeff D. Team EITC
You have two Domains. There is a two way non-transitive trust between those domains. The workstations are in one domain and user accounts in another domain. There is a policy in the domain with the users that is linked to an OU the users are in. Part of that policy is a login script. When the

RE: [ActiveDir] DSQUERY & DSGET provide inconsistent results - help

2005-07-11 Thread Al Mulnick
Hmmm...every 15minutes or so   Are you sure it's DSGET that's reporting things incorrectly or could it be that this is the true state?   Al From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan HolmeSent: Monday, July 11, 2005 3:15 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubjec

[ActiveDir] term services issue

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
does anyone have an issue where win2k3 servers running remote desktop don't show up in Terminal Services Manager on a remote win2k/2k3 or win xp box? thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DHCP Capacity Planning

2005-07-11 Thread Al Mulnick
Have you already seen these? DHCP http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/3040afd1-e82b-4ded-8fcd-aa8fe021fcc1.mspx   DNS http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/949f3a45-84e2-487f-80d7-bce184b28a06.mspx   For th

RE: [ActiveDir] term services issue

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
actually the server doesn't show up in the object picker either. when i want to make the server a member of a group and try to look for the server by typing in the name, it can't be found. i assume the object picker is connecting to a gc. when i run aduc, i can see the server in the computers cont

RE: [ActiveDir] term services issue

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
Ok last time i reply to my own email( i promise). i also get an event id 5790 on my dc/gc as follows- Event Type: Error Event Source: NETLOGON Event Category: None Event ID: 5790 Date: 7/11/2005 Time: 1:29:02 PM User: N/A Computer: SUALB-USR1 Descri

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO question

2005-07-11 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
yep! are you asking because of: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823862 Cheers #JORGE# From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Cothern Jeff D. Team EITC Sent: Mon 7/11/2005 10:08 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] GPO question You have

RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored.

2005-07-11 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored. thanks for the useful information, Eric.  You've only mentioned sidHistory - does the same apply for the password?   /Gudo From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric FleischmanSent: Montag, 11. Jul

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange install issues(OT again)

2005-07-11 Thread Tony Murray
Hi Tom Have you looked in the Exchange setup log to see if there was any additional information? You can normally find the log in the root of where you performed the setup, e.g. C:\Exchange Server Setup Progress.log You should see some lines similar to the following. [18:04:16] Checking to see

RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored.

2005-07-11 Thread Dean Wells
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored. No. --Dean WellsMSEtechnology* Email: dwells@msetechnology.comhttp://msetechnology.com   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grillenmeier, GuidoSent: Monday, July 11, 2005 5:05 PMTo: ActiveDir@ma

Re: [ActiveDir] exchange install issues(OT again)

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
If you look at my other email post(the terminal services issue one), I think that elaborates my issue more. I'm talking about the same server in both. The exchange(not yet) server can't be found in Term Services Man or the object picker and I get that 5790 eventid. Thanks and sorry for cross post

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO question

2005-07-11 Thread Cothern Jeff D. Team EITC
Thanks that helps greatly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Almeida Pinto, Jorge de Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:51 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org; ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] GPO question yep! are you a

RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored.

2005-07-11 Thread Eric Fleischman
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Keep existing attributes from users restored. Having been in this code before, I never noticed this applying to passwords. I don’t believe we keep them on tombstones today. Can you confirm that we do in fact keep them on tombstones as of SP1? If so I’ll take a peak a

RE: [ActiveDir] DSQUERY & DSGET provide inconsistent results - help

2005-07-11 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
it's a global group, which can't have accounts from other domains as a member.  I very much doubt you have an issue with DSQUERY - more likely some DC that's out of sync => which DC is DSQUERY connecting to? Are you getting different results from different DCs or the same one?   I'd say it's

RE: [ActiveDir] ADUC Group Viewing

2005-07-11 Thread Mark . H . Lunsford
That is normal behaviour. The group is the forward link (authority) and the user being a member of group is a back link. Thank You ! And have a nice day ! ** Mark Lunsford KAISER PERMANENTE Security Operations Remedy Group: NOPS SECURI

[ActiveDir] Install Windows 2003 in a Windows 2000 AD Infrastructure

2005-07-11 Thread Jennifer Fountain
Hi All: Currently, we have nine w2k domain controllers (remote sites, corp, etc). We want to upgrade them all to 2k3. I have been googling but haven't find the right q-article or step by step that will help me accomplish this. We want to one replace of the servers with new hardware but the oth

[ActiveDir] OT: user home directory permissions?

2005-07-11 Thread Thommes, Michael M.
Sorry if this has been covered in the past. I checked the archives and really couldn't find anything related. We are in a discussion about what permissions are really required for users' home directories. I contend that users' home directories should be private. The "backup operators" group

RE: [ActiveDir] Install Windows 2003 in a Windows 2000 AD Infrastructure

2005-07-11 Thread Brian Desmond
Jennifer- Following a forestprep and domainprep of your environment 2003 DCs will coexist peacefully with 2000. There are some Exchange 2000 issues you must be aware of though: Before you convert to 2003 native mode, the RUS must be running on Exchange 2003 You must import the inetorgpersonfix.ld

RE: [ActiveDir] Install Windows 2003 in a Windows 2000 AD Infrastructure

2005-07-11 Thread David Adner
Here is a very good resource. How to upgrade Windows 2000 domain controllers to Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325379 Very generally, after you run 2003's ADPrep /forestprep and /domainprep (to extend the schema and prepare the Domain for 2003 DC's) y

[ActiveDir] Win2k3 server issue

2005-07-11 Thread Kern, Tom
Ok, i'm going thru this one more time because its driving me nuts- i win2k3 sp1 server was made a domain member by an admin. I then was called to install exchange 2k3 on it.. i term serviced to the server and ran domainprep(forestprep was run ages ago) and i got a "exchange2k3 is not compatibile

RE: [ActiveDir] Install Windows 2003 in a Windows 2000 AD Infrast ructure

2005-07-11 Thread Tony Murray
Just a couple of things to add to what Brian has said. - When all your DCs within a domain are at 2003 the domain won't automatically be at 2003 domain functional level. You need to flip the switch using the Domains and Trusts snap-in. - When all your domains are at 2003 domain functional level y

RE: [ActiveDir] Install Windows 2003 in a Windows 2000 AD Infrast ructure

2005-07-11 Thread Steve Linehan
Just a few additional things to clarify. The only time a Global Catalog full Sync occurs is when attributes are added to the Partial Attribute Set(PAS). The Windows Server 2003 schema changes do not make any additions to the PAS as part of the upgrade. Instead the attributes we would have added

RE: [ActiveDir] Win2k3 server issue

2005-07-11 Thread Steve Linehan
Tom, Can you enable netlogon debug logging on both the W2k3SP1 machine and the GC logging the errors. I would recommend setting a dbflag entry of 0x2080. On the W2k3SP1 machine after setting the flag can you restart the netlogon service so I can see the startup parameters on the GC a res