RE: [ActiveDir] AD diagnostic tools

2004-06-28 Thread Chianese, David P.
There are many but the main tools I use are. There are also many 3rd party support tools available on the internet. Replmon.exe (Res Kit) Dcdiag.exe (Support Tools) netdiag.exe (Support Tools) Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Inter-Site Transports

2004-06-28 Thread Chianese, David P.
You would use SMTP if you had an unreliable connection or a slow connection where RPC traffic would drop. Also, if replication wasn't required to be timely. RPC traffic is highly effected by latency. SMTP replication would work better on slower or unstable link since SMTP doesn't care about

RE: [ActiveDir] Ldap - linux slowdown in searching

2004-04-26 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: Ldap - linux slowdown in searching Jennifer, I would take a network trace at some interval during the day when you do not see the slow down and then again when it starts to occur. If it is in fact the Linux box causing the slowdown (either due to increased queries or network

[ActiveDir] ISA SSL persistence

2004-04-08 Thread Chianese, David P.
I know this is reaching far for an answer from this list but since our ISA array is integrated into AD it's worth a shot for a solution from this group. Anyone have experience with ISA arrays in a domain array and how to make the SSL connections maintain persistence when both nodes of the ISA

[ActiveDir] test, no reply

2004-04-07 Thread Chianese, David P.
testing. Please do not reply. This e-mail and any accompanying attachments are confidential. The information is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this e-mail communication by others is strictly

RE: [ActiveDir] test, no reply

2004-04-07 Thread Chianese, David P.
] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] test, no reply Oh sre like I'm the only wise arse on this list. I just happen to be the first one to lie down the whoopee cushion today is all. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chianese, David P. Sent

RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone ever convert dnsRecord attribute?

2004-03-26 Thread Chianese, David P.
As Al mentioned, why not convert the zone to Std. Primary and take a copy of the zone files that are written to disk. Then revert it back to ADI. I have done this before without incident to supply ourBIND unixservers copies (or pieces) of our zone files. I have done this in the past for

RE: [ActiveDir] AD and DNS

2004-03-01 Thread Chianese, David P.
If your DNS zone is Active Dir Integrated then a copy will be retained on another DC running DNS. If you only have one DC running DNS, simply add the service to another Domain controller and let it replicate all of the DNS zone information from active directory integrated zones before

[ActiveDir] Active Dir 2000 to 2003 upgrade

2004-02-25 Thread Chianese, David P.
I am looking for a plan for a 2000 to 2003 AD upgrade: 1) Best Practices Approach (articles, url's or documented installs) 2) Personal Scenario's (Tell me the pitfalls you have encountered and how you overcame them) 3) Outcome of your migration Thanks in advance, David Chianese IT - Server

[ActiveDir] 2k Active Directory Metaturd from NT4 domain upgrade

2004-01-09 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: 2k Active Directory Metaturd from NT4 domain upgrade This is a screenshot of a pop-up that is displayed while using the ADUC to view user account properties. There is an associated fix for this pop-up, but I am reluctant to apply it as Microsoft cannot tell me what the removal of the

RE: [ActiveDir] ldifde and/or csdve

2004-01-09 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: Message Exchange 5.5 or 2000? I will assume (I know, a$$-outta-u-me) 2000. Try this article for 2000: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Creating_a_list_of_Users_and_their_email_addresses_in_Exchange_2000_2.html unfortunately I do not think csvde is going to get you all of them, but

RE: [ActiveDir] net time

2003-12-19 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] net time net time \\DC1 /setsntp:DC2 NET TIME [\\computername | /DOMAIN[:domainname] | /RTSDOMAIN[:domainname]] [/SET] [\\computername] /QUERYSNTP [\\computername] /SETSNTP[:ntp server list] -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] net time

2003-12-19 Thread Chianese, David P.
PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] net time But you shouldnt have to do that, shouldnt they find the PDCE on their own? -Original Message-From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:08 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE

RE: [ActiveDir] Event Log monitoring tools

2003-12-17 Thread Chianese, David P.
I've had good luck with this free CLI tool: Log Analyzer This tool is written for quick analysis of log files from any source - Windows, Unix, CISCO, etc. This is done by searching the log files for desired patterns. By Network Intelligence India Pvt. Ltd. I wish I could

[ActiveDir] Scripting Help

2003-12-08 Thread Chianese, David P.
Hello all, I hate re-inventing the wheel and know someone out there already has a script to do these tasks: 1. import users via a bulk import from a csv and/or have an optional (switch) to create one user at a time 2. change password to 3. set the password to

RE: [ActiveDir] Scripting Help

2003-12-08 Thread Chianese, David P.
://cwashington.netreach.net mc -Original Message- From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Scripting Help Hello all, I hate re-inventing the wheel and know someone out there already has a script to do

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Telephone Directory

2003-12-05 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: Message Yes, I would be interested in that script. Thanks, Dave -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ken CornetetSent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:19 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Telephone

RE: [ActiveDir] Adsi Edit annoyance

2003-12-04 Thread Chianese, David P.
In the View / Filter, Max number of items per container. Default is 1, increase to your desire. Regards, Dave -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Creamer, MarkSent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 3:36 PMTo: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] AD attributes

2003-12-03 Thread Chianese, David P.
I cannot recall ever seeing it remove the object in Sites Services after a dcpromo down to a member server. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Simpsen, Paul A. (HSC)Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:31 PMTo: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] OUs by server function?

2003-10-31 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: Message FEATS OF STRENGTH!...FEATS OF STRENGTH!..AHH! For those who don't know, it's from the Seinfeld Festivus episode. Festivus is for the restivus. -Dave (I should really have a string of letters here for effect but my filter keeps taking them out *chuckle*)

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange 2k ?

2003-10-07 Thread Chianese, David P.
the child domain added to the GCs are nothing more than pointers. So, I don't see a problem in making all DCs in the child domain GCs. I hope this eases your decision making process... Cheers! John -Original Message- From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday

[ActiveDir] Exchange 2k ?

2003-10-02 Thread Chianese, David P.
We are having a debate on whether or not to make all of our DC's gc's in our new e2k environment. I would like to hear feedback from current e2k administrators. It is my contention that we have sufficient DC resources to NOT make all of our DC's gc's for exchange. Is there any drawback to doing

RE: [ActiveDir] NTLDR Not Found

2003-09-22 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: NTLDR Not Found RAID array degraded perhaps? OS drive not spinning / amber? I would power down, reseat all drives and then look in your RAID config on the controller (Usually Ctrl-M or Ctrl-A) to make sure all disks are present and spinning. -Original Message-From: Juan

RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now

2003-09-18 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now We abandoned our SUS project until this functionality is added. It was proposed for the next version so I am surprised to see that functionality now. Does it also support Office SP's now as well? Regards, Dave -Original Message-From:

RE: [ActiveDir] New RPC DOS

2003-09-11 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: Message RPC over http is an absolute dream come true. Exchange 2003 boasts this feature extensively. I plan on implementation early 1st Qtr. next year. (Right after our E2k upgrade is completed). Regards, Dave -Original Message-From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Choosing between Domain Controllers

2003-08-14 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: Message Answer to question #1.) type "set" at the command prompt, look for LOGONSERVER=server name. Answer to question #2.) \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment\LOGONSERVER I'm not sure about changing the reg key or if it defaults back as the environment variable is loaded.

RE: [ActiveDir] Max Connections?

2003-08-14 Thread Chianese, David P.
Check the Maximum users at the share level perhaps. That is the only place I can think of to limit it. The other option is to look in perfmon and see if it is an actual I/O issue. Also, make sure the NIC(s) are set to 100/Full duplex. Hope this helps, Dave -Original Message- From:

RE: [ActiveDir] How to force RID master change

2003-08-14 Thread Chianese, David P.
NTDSUTIL.EXE, follow the prompts to seize the roll. NOTE: Once you seize this roll make sure the dead RID is offline and fdisk'd as you never want that server to come back and start servicing DC's with its old RID pool. The new RID master will artificially inflate the RID pool to a higher number

RE: [ActiveDir] Disaster recovery scenario comments requested.

2003-08-14 Thread Chianese, David P.
this is about the most flexible and safe DR solution you can have. I am not one for restoring AD from system state dumps. joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chianese, David P. Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 7:04 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [ActiveDir] Who's online

2003-08-14 Thread Chianese, David P.
I use the old NT 4.0 server manager to determine what shares are in use. That give's you some visibility. Dave -Original Message-From: Agung Kuswanto NCS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:40 AMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: [ActiveDir] Who's online

RE: [ActiveDir] Disaster recovery scenario comments requested.

2003-08-10 Thread Chianese, David P.
shop here. Don Guyer IS Dept Citadel FCU Ph: 610.380.7072 Fax: 610.380.7008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 1:17 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ActiveDir] Disaster recovery scenario comments

RE: [ActiveDir] Synchronize AD

2003-08-06 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: Message you can always use the Command Line tool repadmin /syncall However, if replication is failing for another reason this will fail as well. -Dave -Original Message-From: Dipowarga Wirawan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:52 PMTo:

RE: [ActiveDir]

2003-08-01 Thread Chianese, David P.
Argh! Turn off your read receipt please. Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Return Receipt

RE: [ActiveDir] Is this a bug or part of the design

2003-07-30 Thread Chianese, David P.
Title: Is this a bug or part of the design Simply hiding the screensaver tab should do it. This way the users cannot even get to the tab and see it to change it. If your using a custom .scr, define that as well. Regards, Dave -Original Message-From: Jennifer Fountain

RE: [ActiveDir] dcdiag error when joining a new child domain

2003-07-29 Thread Chianese, David P.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] dcdiag error when joining a new child domain Well - since I am from Philly and come home quite often - I hope my email helps :) -Original Message- From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:48 PM To: '[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] slow guid resolution

2003-07-22 Thread Chianese, David P.
Do you have a GC (Global Catalog) in each domain? It is probably an issue of being on a different DC than the GC whilst doing lookups in AD. Doing queries from GC is recommended. I would actually have a GC in each resource domain as well. Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: