RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware

2005-10-30 Thread Presley, Steven
We are quite a large ESX shop (number of guest OS's are in the 1000's I believe) and while I fought it for quite some time we have ended up using ESX for our 5 front-end servers and our 3 bridgehead servers. Most ESX guest OS's don't require much tweaking, but Exchange certainly does (at least the

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware

2005-10-30 Thread deji
>>Perhaps some day I'll have time to run JetStress on an clustered Exchange server on ESX attached to a SAN to see how it performs. Which is a good thing to do before concluding that virtualizing exchange is a "no-no". I'm jetstressing, and doing the old, trusted loadsim (albeit without access to

[ActiveDir] Browser Election on Network.

2005-10-30 Thread Ravi Dogra
Hi, I am getting this information on my server. and also some same errors in which another machine is mentioned which is a part of my network. I dont understand what is it. This information is on my domain event log. The browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D33D619B-DFF

[ActiveDir] NTP response for peer ERROR

2005-10-30 Thread Ravi Dogra
Hi, Please suggest what should i do to avoid such type of warnings. The time provider NtpServer encountered an error while digitally signing the NTP response for peer NID.NID.NID.HOST:. NtpServer cannot provide secure (signed) time to the client and will ignore the request. The error was: T

Re: [ActiveDir] NTP response for peer ERROR

2005-10-30 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Is this on one workstation? And do you have them set to point to the server for their time sync? EventID.Net: http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=22&eventno=3672&source=W32Time&phase=1 HOW TO: Turn On Debug Logging in the Windows Time Service: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?s

Re: [ActiveDir] Browser Election on Network.

2005-10-30 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Troubleshooting browser Event ID 8021 and 8032 on master browsers: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q135404/ What event code it is? 8015? I'm assuming this isn't the DC in the network? EventID.Net: http://www.eventid.net/searchsource.asp?source=BROWSER&phase=1 [and I'm a fan of www.eventid.n

Re: [ActiveDir] NTP response for peer ERROR

2005-10-30 Thread Ravi Dogra
No i have till now 8 such machines. I have a DC installed in my organiation with windows 2000 and xp clients. i have seen out of 8 machines 6 machines are windows 2000 clients and only 2 are windows xp client. Suggest what should i do. I have no idea about about setting them to point to the serv

Re: [ActiveDir] Browser Election on Network.

2005-10-30 Thread Ravi Dogra
Yes event id is 8015. Yes this Box is a DC in my Network. That is what makes me worry. why would a client machine win an election for Network Browser master. Here is another log where test2k machine is mentioned which is a part of my network but not a domain. The browser service was unable to r

Re: [ActiveDir] NTP response for peer ERROR

2005-10-30 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
How do I setup the server as a time server: http://www.smallbizserver.net/SBS2000/Serverissues/HowdoIsetuptheserverasatimeserver/tabid/107/Default.aspx You also need to poke a hole in your firewall for NTP. Ravi Dogra wrote: No i have till now 8 such machines. I have a DC installed in my org

[ActiveDir] Sudhir Kaushal/GIS/CSC is out of the office.

2005-10-30 Thread Sudhir Kaushal
I will be out of the office starting 10/31/2005 and will not return until 11/04/2005. I will respond to your message when I return. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.

Re: [ActiveDir] Browser Election on Network.

2005-10-30 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
If the browser service is started on another machine, they will fight.It's pretty normal. Just go down the suggestions in the www.eventid.net Is that one 8021? It will help if you put the Event code and not just copy the verbage. EventID.Net: http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=8

Re: [ActiveDir] NTP response for peer ERROR

2005-10-30 Thread Ravi Dogra
But for now how could i resolve the issue should i disjoin the machines and rejoin them to my domain. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/

Re: [ActiveDir] NTP response for peer ERROR

2005-10-30 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
NTP? Oh no... just make the workstations sync to the server. [and don't trim the emails quite so much :-) How do I setup the server as a time server: http://www.smallbizserver.net/SBS2000/Serverissues/HowdoIsetuptheserverasatimeserver/tabid/107/Default.aspx Run those commands at the workstatio

Re: [ActiveDir] Browser Election on Network.

2005-10-30 Thread ASB
Browser Elections seem to be as corrupt as political elections. Disable the Browser service on your client systems and any box that is not a DC or Name Resolver. http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=Browser.TXT -ASB FAST, CHEAP, SECURE: Pick Any TWO http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ On 10/3

RE: [ActiveDir] NTP response for peer ERROR

2005-10-30 Thread Ken Schaefer
Susan - this looks like the NTP server (the DC) is rejecting the time request from a client. I don't think anything needs to be configured on the server Ravi - the IP address in your original message (that you blanked out). Does it belong to a Windows 2000/XP client in your domain? Or something el

RE: [ActiveDir] Browser Election on Network.

2005-10-30 Thread Webster
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ravi Dogra > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Browser Election on Network. > > Yes this Box is a DC in my Network. > > That is what makes me worry. why would a client machine win an > election for Network Bro

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware

2005-10-30 Thread Presley, Steven
Oh I agree...I'd be the first person to say that my position was a negative view of virtualization based on historical experiences. The problem really comes down to comfort in dealing with the technology and whether its supported or not. I think its obvious that I work for a company that is qu

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange now supported on virtual hardware

2005-10-30 Thread Freddy HARTONO
What about virtualizing DCs - say ESX farm with DCs - whats the downside and things to watch out for? Basically I've taken over support of DC for a company, but hardware specs are in a mess - dell,compaqs,hp,ibm and now seems like some of them are even on ESX farm. Just like to know if I should

Re: [ActiveDir] Restricted Groups question

2005-10-30 Thread Kamlesh Parmar
I have done this for a small site, where different machine require different user as administrator for a particular period. Say something likeĀ  USER1 admin on WKS1 starting from Oct-10 to Oct-20 So, What I have done is capture this requirement in CSV file wks1,user1,2005/10/10,2005/10/20 I have w