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Active Directory database corruption

HelloMy Domain Controller running Win 2003 Server Standard Edition is reporting a corrupt ntds.dit file.I discovered it when our backup software was unable to complete a backup of the System State, and the system event log reported that the checksums for the file did not match.After researching this I have...

Tags: active directory, backup, Blackcurrant, corrupt, database, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, ntds.dit, recovery, restore, system state, windows

Discussion threads 2007-01-18

AD crashed can't run DC promo from safe mode..

Hi hope someone here can help me.I have a Win2k DC that crashed. the server can boot,but AD won't start. I've rebooted into AD repair mode, and run ntdsutil,but it can't repair the database. (it fails as the ntds.dit file is missing)and i have no backupThere is another DC on...

Tags: ad, advertisement, cgerada@..., dc, dcpromo, networking, ntds.dit, safe mode, server

Discussion threads 2006-08-21

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NTDS.DIT Extraction Possible?

Hi:I would like to extract users, specifically, all Domain Admin users from the Active Directory file, ntds.dit. Is this possible? What type of file is this and how is it read?(I want to bypass going through AD User & Computers to get a listing of all users within...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory services, LDIFDE

Q&A 2004-11-24

what is the size of ntds.dit in server 2003

Can any body tell what is maximum size of NTDS.DIT in server 2000 and 2003?

Tags: basha_yam@..., server

Discussion threads 2007-04-26

Directory service event log showing errors. Source :NTDS ISAM, ID : 474

Hi,One of the Dc in our organization is showing repeated errors. Below are the details:Source : NTDS ISAM, ID : 474NTDS (1104) NTDSA: The database page read from the file "d:WINDOWSNTDSntds.dit" at offset 447610880 (0x000000001aae0000) for 8192 (0x00002000) bytes failed verification due to a page checksum mismatch. The expected...

Tags: directory service, NTDS ISAM, hardware, database

Discussion threads 2008-10-16

NTDS Writer is missing HELP !!!

Hi I am having trouble Backup the system state on my 2003 STD DC.after some checking i notice that the NTDS writer is missing from the output of the command VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS.after restart everything is OK for a week or two and then its start all again.Re: NTDS Writer...

Tags: Backups, Directory services, backup, NTDS Writer, system state, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, system state backup, C, database

Discussion threads 2008-03-23

Taking out the Active Directory trash

As you know, Active Directory is basically one big database. To keep it tuned properly, you must maintain it like any normal database. In this Daily Feature, Jim Boyce shows you how Active Directory reacts when you delete records from it.The size of Active Directory AD depends on the number...

Tags: Directory services, Jim Boyce, garbage collection, tombstone lifetime, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, garbage collection interval, database

Technical articles 2001-04-18

Take defragmentation of the Windows 2000 Server Active Directory database offline

Online defragmentation does a good job of defragmenting the object inside the Windows 2000 Server Active Directory database file (Ntds.dit). In most cases, you won't need anything else, but in certain scenarios you might want to do an offline defragmentation. There are two important differences between online...

Tags: Database, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Defragmentation, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jim Boyce

Blog posts 2007-10-05

Build Your Skills: How to optimize Active Directory with NTDSUTIL

Learn to optimize your Active Directory database to increase its efficiency and improve overall system response timeThe Active Directory AD database is constantly changing, and over time, these changes can cause the database to respond to the system more slowly than necessary. To squeeze the best possible performance out of...

Tags: Storage, Directory services, Talainia Posey, defragmentation, database, online defragmentation, AD database, Microsoft Windows Active Directory

Technical articles 2002-01-10

how many users can be created in OU

I want to know how much minimum and maximum space is allotted to one user, user acount, user group and how many users can be created in in an Organisational Unit.The NTDS file will vary in size depending on what specific rights you set in the directory and how you...

Tags: Intelligent

Q&A 2005-05-28

Ldap

How do i make a Windows 2000 domain controller a Ldap Server?step by step procedure if possibleWindows 2000 already has LDAP on it for Active Directory.Your answer is to set up Active Directory. Poster rated this answer. ...

Tags: LDAP, server, windows, yp@...

Q&A 2004-11-08

active directory not save to local machine... click for better explination

Well.. I know there must be a way. This is what I want to have done. When someone logs it, I don't want it to save there settings to the C:my documents"username" as a local directory. I want it to pull everything from \serverlogin"username" and keep it...

Tags: Servers, server, desktop

Discussion threads 2004-12-31

Citrix is domain controller issue

A citrix metaframe xp server running terminal services in our network with another win2k sp4 server both running as DC's is not permitting "log on locally" rights to the thinclients sessions unless the user logs on as admnistrator. I have researched the issue heavily and thought I had it nailed...

Tags: Terminal services, Citrix Systems Inc., domain controller, server

Q&A 2005-08-22

Resize dynamic disc partition on DC?

I recently overtook a messy network in which the 18GB SCSI Raid 0+1 C: drive was partitioned to the 3.9GB NT4 limit on an HP Proliant ML370 server. To my horror, the logfiles themselves have almost choked this drive out of space. I was able to move...

Tags: disc, mcarvell@..., RAID, windows

Q&A 2005-09-08

Sugested cost effective backup method

With the purchase of the previously discussed 2003 SBS upgrade I also need to put together a data recover mechanism.The server will be an Active Directoy domain controller only. It will have two SATA drives in a Raid 1 Mirrored array.I am considering adding an Iomgea Rev drive to perfrom...

Tags: backup, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, networking, sostermann@...

Q&A 2006-01-03

Password Audits

I was recently asked to perform a password audit on our Window users. The tools that I have encounteed so far, Cain&Abel, Jack the Ripper, don't apear to extract password hashes from the Active Directory, only the SAM file. Does anyone have any information on a password audit tool that...

Tags: password, advertisement, SECUREIT, security, password audit

Q&A 2006-05-01

Spanning print servers across domain controllers

We are looking to span our print servers across multiple domain controllers for fault tolerance. Has anyone else done this, are there any information white pages on this? ThanksIt's not really recommended to use a DC as a print serverSimply because the print server spool can grow out...

Tags: domain controller, james.brigham1@..., networking, print server, server

Discussion threads 2007-01-04

rebuild primary domain controller

Hi guys & gals & professionals Any body can tell me if a domain have only one primary domain controller and if that domain controller crashed,then is there any way to rebuild the primary domain...

Tags: ap9am@..., domain controller, primary domain controller

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

How can I move Win2K Server clients to a new Win2K3 Server after a crash?

The server that was the domain controller crashed and burned. All the data from it was unrecoverable which wasn't that big a deal because nobody was doing backups anyway. So now I've got a new Win2K3 Server but no backup data from the original Win2K server. How can I migrate...

Tags: hbombvi@..., Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, networking, server, Win2k3 Server, windows

Discussion threads 2007-03-07

Secure the DSRM password

One of the most overlooked and most important passwords in a Windows network is the Directory Services Restore Mode DSRM password on a domain controller. This is a powerful password that's the key to the entire Active Directory structure. In this edition of Security Solutions, Mike Mullins tells you how...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Servers, Operating systems, Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, password, DSRM password, server, Security Solutions Newsletter, Mike Mullins, DC, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"

Technical articles 2006-05-11