I think those are SATA only? Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Ntds.dit file corruption http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/sc1420_specs.pdf Well he said it's a Dell [ugh] 1420 but do not know if SATA or SCSI. Jose Medeiros wrote: > Hmm.. I have never experienced this with either McAfee or Symantec AV > on any of the DC's that I have built and or maintened. Have you had a > chance to run chkdsk /r yet? More then likely the problem is bad > clusters on the drive which caused the NTDS.DIT file to become corrupt. > > Was this server built using IDE /ATA/SATA drives? > > > Jose > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS > Rocks [MVP]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 10:58 PM > Subject: [ActiveDir] Ntds.dit file corruption > > >> SBS box [with Windows 2003 sp1 since September] >> >> RE: [ActiveDir] Database Corruption: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg32676.html >> >> We have a SBS 2003 sp1 box with a corrupt ntds.dit that the >> Consultant and PSS have been banging on. Could not get the services >> back running, changed the RPC service to local system and some >> service came back up [I don't have all the details but the consultant >> opened a support case of SRX051202605433]. >> Bottom line they are about going to give up and start a restore but >> before they do that I'd like to get the view of the AD gods and >> goddesses around here. From all that I've seen, read, seen in the >> SBS newsgroup, the corruption of ntds.dit is rare to nil and an >> underlying cause is hardware issues [raid, disk subsystem]. This >> doesn't just happen. >> The VAP asked if not properly excluding the ad databases from the a/v >> would cause this/trigger this and my expectation is 'no', given that >> I doubt the majority of us in SBSland properly set up exclusions >> Virus scanning recommendations on a Windows 2000 or on a Windows >> Server 2003 domain controller: >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822158 >> >> If this were my hardware and box, I'd be putting this sucker on the >> operating table and getting an autopsy before putting it back online. >> >> Are we right in being paranoid now about this hardware? For you guys >> in big server land you'd just slide over another box into that server >> role. >> >> --------------------------------------- >> Stupid question alert.... >> >> Okay so we know that having a secondary/additional domain controller >> is a good thing even in SBSland...but question.... many times the >> second server in SBSland is a terminal server box because we do not >> support TS in app mode on our PDCs. So we've established that having >> a domain controller and a terminal server is a security issue [see >> Windows Security resource kit, NIST Terminal services hardening >> guide, etc etc....] If our second server is a member server handing >> out TS externally, should that be a candidate for the additional DC? >> Are the issues of TS on a DC ... true for 'any' DC? Would it be >> better than to Vserver/VPC a Win2k3 inside a workstation in the >> network if a third server box was not feasible? >> >> 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/ > > > 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/ > 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/ 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/
