YES! -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: The arrrgghhhness of it all...
And use snapshots to revert back when it breaks. On Thursday, August 19, 2010, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Try installing the second set of patches one (or a few) at a time, and see which one breaks DNS? > > That might give you (and us) a clue on what to drill down on > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 9:53 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: The arrrgghhhness of it all... > > 32-bit VM > ESX 3.5.0 Update 2 110268 13 Aug 2008 > Flexible adapter > Don't know what you mean by 'guest OS set correctly' > > Kurt > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 18:24, Damien Solodow <[email protected]> wrote: >> Few questions: >> Windows x86 or x64? >> What update or build of ESX are you using? >> Which virtual nic are you using? >> Is the guest OS set correctly on the VM? >> -------------------------- >> Sent using BlackBerry >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 08:14 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >> Subject: The arrrgghhhness of it all... >> >> I'm trying to install Win2k3 R2 SP2 in an ESX3.5 VM, from scratch. >> It's blowing up on it big time, and I am really unhappy with it right >> now. >> >> Sitrep: >> >> Install Disk1 (Win2k3 R2 SP2), reboot, then Disk2, then install the >> VMWare tools, reboot, then join doimain - no problem. >> >> Install first round of 90+ patches from the MSFT site, minus IE8 and >> the malicious software removal tool, and plus a few optional goodies, >> such as .NET framework updates, reboot - no problem >> >> Install the second round of 43 updates, and no more DNS name >> resolution. Error in the event log 11167 Dnsapi - I've looked at >> that, and several other eventlog entries that probably stem from >> that. (17 W32tm, 1010 MsGina, 1053 Userenv in particular) >> >> I've scratched the machine twice and started over, and it's the same >> each time. I can resolve NetBIOS names, but it barks on any FQDN. >> "Ping request could not find host ad.example.com. Please check the >> name and try again." >> >> EventID.net isn't much help, as I've tried everything on there I can >> see, and it doesn't resolve the issue. >> >> Anyone run into this? It's terribly weird... >> >> Kurt >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
