Active directory problem!!

Single windows 2003 active directory domain, two domain controllers. One
domain controller hosts network attached storage (NAS)and the other hosts
exchange 2007 . One of the disks of NAS has been damaged and the domain
controller had to be taken off the network. When this domain controller is
turned off, despite the presence of other domain controller, active
directory cannot be found. I have transferred RID,operations master, PDC,
infrastructure and schema roles to the one with the exchange 2007, but still
cannot see the active directory when the first one is turned off. It also
has the active directory integrated DNS installed and configured.

Can anyone help me with this one?

Meinolf
Sun Jun 15 09:42:53 PDT 2008

Hello Saisab,

Is the running one also Global catalog server? What do you mena with Active
directory can not be found, be more specific how you realized it? Additional
it is not recommended to run exchange on domain controllers. Run dcdiag /v
and netdiag /v to check for errors.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Single windows 2003 active directory domain, two domain controllers.
> One domain controller hosts network attached storage (NAS)and the
> other hosts exchange 2007 . One of the disks of NAS has been damaged
> and the domain controller had to be taken off the network. When this
> domain controller is turned off, despite the presence of other domain
> controller, active directory cannot be found. I have transferred
> RID,operations master, PDC, infrastructure and schema roles to the one
> with the exchange 2007, but still cannot see the active directory when
> the first one is turned off. It also has the active directory
> integrated DNS installed and configured.
>
> Can anyone help me with this one?
>

Meinolf
Sun Jun 15 09:48:42 PDT 2008

Hello Saisab,

Both servers are DNS server if iunderstand you correctly?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Single windows 2003 active directory domain, two domain controllers.
> One domain controller hosts network attached storage (NAS)and the
> other hosts exchange 2007 . One of the disks of NAS has been damaged
> and the domain controller had to be taken off the network. When this
> domain controller is turned off, despite the presence of other domain
> controller, active directory cannot be found. I have transferred
> RID,operations master, PDC, infrastructure and schema roles to the one
> with the exchange 2007, but still cannot see the active directory when
> the first one is turned off. It also has the active directory
> integrated DNS installed and configured.
>
> Can anyone help me with this one?
>

Meinolf
Sun Jun 15 10:04:30 PDT 2008


Hello Saisab,

You said, you transferred the 5 FSMO roles, did you really transferred them
or did you seize them? If seized, NEVER bring back the other DC which has
had the FSMO's before.
If the server is not DNS server, bring up the other DC, install DNS and let
them replicate via AD. Then reconfigure the NIC DNS to point to itself .

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Single windows 2003 active directory domain, two domain controllers.
> One domain controller hosts network attached storage (NAS)and the
> other hosts exchange 2007 . One of the disks of NAS has been damaged
> and the domain controller had to be taken off the network. When this
> domain controller is turned off, despite the presence of other domain
> controller, active directory cannot be found. I have transferred
> RID,operations master, PDC, infrastructure and schema roles to the one
> with the exchange 2007, but still cannot see the active directory when
> the first one is turned off. It also has the active directory
> integrated DNS installed and configured.
>
> Can anyone help me with this one?
>

Saisab
Sun Jun 15 21:28:09 PDT 2008

Hi Meinolf,

Thanks for the reply. I did not seize the FSMO roles. I just transferred it.
My intention is not to take the dc off permanently. I just want to
disconnect it temporarily from the network for repairing the NAS that has
gone bad. For this purpose only, I transferred all the FSMO roles to the
other DC. But the problem is, when I disconnect the NAS DC from the network,
I cannont connect to the active directory resources.

Regards,
Saisab
"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hello Saisab,
>
> Is the running one also Global catalog server? What do you mena with
> Active directory can not be found, be more specific how you realized it?
> Additional it is not recommended to run exchange on domain controllers.
> Run dcdiag /v and netdiag /v to check for errors.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Single windows 2003 active directory domain, two domain controllers.
>> One domain controller hosts network attached storage (NAS)and the
>> other hosts exchange 2007 . One of the disks of NAS has been damaged
>> and the domain controller had to be taken off the network. When this
>> domain controller is turned off, despite the presence of other domain
>> controller, active directory cannot be found. I have transferred
>> RID,operations master, PDC, infrastructure and schema roles to the one
>> with the exchange 2007, but still cannot see the active directory when
>> the first one is turned off. It also has the active directory
>> integrated DNS installed and configured.
>>
>> Can anyone help me with this one?
>>
>
>