[ActiveDir] Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise edition

2007-01-18 Thread neil.ruston
I remember there being a simple upgrade from nt4 standard to nt4 enterprise but don't remember reading of any similar upgrade path for w2k. Apparently such an upgrade path *does* now exist once again, for w2k3 (including the R2 edition). Can anyone confirm or deny that such an upgrade is

Re: [ActiveDir] Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise edition

2007-01-18 Thread Paul Williams
Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise editionYeah, you can upgrade std. to ent. One of my implementation guys accidently built a load of boxes for me as Std., so I got him to upgrade them to Ent. Worked fine. He did have issues doing this on a different project where there was a stupidly

RE: [ActiveDir] Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise edition

2007-01-18 Thread Ziots, Edward
Yes it does work, I have done a few on HP/Compaq here, as a test, but its not a standard practice, if its built wrong, just wipe it, and rebuild only takes an hour max. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I,M.E,CCA,Network+, Security + email:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS problem. Periodically have to clear the cache

2007-01-18 Thread Ramon Linan
Hi, Sorry it took me a little bit to answer your questions. OS version Windows server 2003, standard edition, SP1... Hardware Intel Xeon cpu 3 Ghz, 3.75 GB or Ram DNS version W32i APP ENU 5.2.3790.1830 shp442,880 03-24-2005 dns.exe tcp/ip: internal dns servers internal1: private fixed

Re: [ActiveDir] Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise edition

2007-01-18 Thread Paul Williams
Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise editionWell, the length of time depends on the type of build used, and the components installed. As an example, on the last project I worked on we used OpsWare to deploy standard servers based on a number of templates. A Windows server that matched our

RE: [ActiveDir] Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise edition

2007-01-18 Thread Ziots, Edward
Humm Radia, you got the info on that, is that the next version of there Smart Start Scripting toolkit? I heard of Opsware but never used it. I do the server builds and usually only takes about 1-2 hrs for a bare-metal build and needed customizations. ( Patches, AV, Registry updates, and Security

Re: [ActiveDir] Likely OT: :) Managing/preventing rogue DHCP servers? (or how do you find it?)

2007-01-18 Thread Javier Jarava
Duh!! You know how it is: too little sleep, too much to do ;) Thanks a lot for your idea ... I'm pretty sure I fly-read your post and then I got the idea myself ;) JJ On 16/01/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OTOH, I am wondering if it'd be possible to configure the routers so

[ActiveDir] OT: Different default GALs for different groups

2007-01-18 Thread Jonathan Watts
Hey list I have been battling with the following issue for what feels like an age, but I can't seem to get it so I'm hoping someone here could provide a bit of inspiration for me: As we are a secondary school (K-12 equivalent), I would like members of a particular group (namely staff) to

RE: [ActiveDir] Unable to logon after DCPromo - oddness

2007-01-18 Thread Bahta, Nathaniel V CTR USAF NASIC/SCNA
You can run dcdiag on the enterprise which will gather data from every server. Try doing that and collecting data on the issue. Also, do the objects exist in Sites and Services for the server to replicate among its peers? Try checking out some of that stuff, Nate -Original Message-

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Different default GALs for different groups

2007-01-18 Thread Michael B. Smith
It may interest you to know that MSFT doesn't really support this anymore. They've pulled the KB articles on it that used to exist. Regardless, it still works if you set everything up properly. 1) remove the Everyone and Authenticated Users groups from the address list that the Default GAL

Re: [ActiveDir] Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise edition

2007-01-18 Thread Paul Williams
Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise editionHP Open View Radia is HPs enterprise systems management product. It's like OpsWare. It's not a replacement for Smart Start. I've had a quick look on HPs site for you, but can't find it, which suggests the name's changed again... :P --Paul

[ActiveDir] Transactional log files are not deleted !!

2007-01-18 Thread Senthil Kumar
Hi, My Exchange 2003 server transactional log files are not deleted eventhough I have taken full backup of information store using ntbackup . Is there any specific settings in ESM to do that. Regards, Senthil

[ActiveDir] Replication Problem !!

2007-01-18 Thread Senthil Kumar
Hi, Does any body know how to remove lingering objects. When I use repadmin /removelingeringobjects it returns an error invalid arguments. Can anybody help me out. Regards, Senthil

RE: [ActiveDir] Upgrading W2K3 standard to enterprise edition

2007-01-18 Thread Ziots, Edward
Ahh, Openview, yeah dont use that just too big of a product. I am happy with CIM worked right most of the time. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I,M.E,CCA,Network+, Security + email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cell:401-639-3505

RE: [ActiveDir] Transactional log files are not deleted !!

2007-01-18 Thread Tony Murray
Hi Senthil Please use the [OT] prefix in the subject line when posting off-topic. Have you looked at the following KB article describing how to manually remove the transaction log files if they are not successfully removed by a backup? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240145 Tony _

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Different default GALs for different groups

2007-01-18 Thread Brian Desmond
I did this for a school once. Basically what you do is create a group for each GAL and put the folks in the groups, then you create GAL/ALs in System manager and filter on this group membership. Set the ACLs accordingly and deny access to the default GAL. --brian

RE: [ActiveDir] Replication Problem !!

2007-01-18 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
see: http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2006/05/08/Lingering-objects.aspx Met vriendelijke groeten / Kind regards, Ing. Jorge de Almeida Pinto Senior Infrastructure Consultant MVP Windows Server - Directory Services LogicaCMG Nederland B.V. (BU RTINC Eindhoven) ( Tel :

[ActiveDir] OT: Windows Defender

2007-01-18 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
Even though windows defender is not supported on Windows 2000 any more, does it still work on windows 2000 and will the adm file that gets added into Group Policy apply? Justin A. Salandra MCSE Windows 2000 2003 Network and Technology Services Manager Catholic Healthcare System

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Different default GALs for different groups

2007-01-18 Thread Tony Murray
Hi Michael Any idea why Microsoft no longer supports this method? Tony _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 6:32 a.m. To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Different default GALs for

RE: [ActiveDir] Test of daylight patch

2007-01-18 Thread Ziots, Edward
Folks, Microsoft has just changed there KB914387 KB document to V7.0 and rewrote there proceedure on Windows 2000 updates, its much different from Version 6.0 on Dec 14, 2006. Its going to be another testing, and deploy. And just when I thought I would be up 1000 workstations to the good, M$

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Different default GALs for different groups

2007-01-18 Thread Michael B. Smith
Hello Tony - Weren't you around for this argument a few months ago on the Exchange MVP list? J I think it's a crock, personally. But we were told that: a) too many people were shooting themselves in the foot (that is, damaging their Exchange environment) by attempting to do this, and b)

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
ESX (VMWare) is good - and pricey. And very strict as to hardware specs. And complex to setup and administer. And, I could be wrong on this, NOT (MS)-supported for virtualizing DCs. Virtual Server, on the other hand, is good, not pricey, less picky, more supported (I believe it's actually

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Different default GALs for different groups

2007-01-18 Thread Tony Murray
Thanks Michael Must have missed it :-) Neither of those arguments sounds overly compelling, I agree. Tony _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 9:12 a.m. To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread beads
Side note to VMing. I think your fine going through a static VPN (More V acronyms!!) but be sure to close off ports: 5700, 5800 and 5900 on your outside firewall interface as there are a number of different worms looking for access to machines through those ports. Not nearly as bad as say Big

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread Coleman, Hunter
IMHO, ESX/VM Infrastructure and Virtual Server are like apples and oranges. Yes, they are both virtualization environments, but have vastly different capabilities. VM Infrastructure has a much broader and deeper feature set that does come with added cost and complexity. Regardless, in the

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
Interesting points, Hunter. Not to engage in a holy war or something, but would you mind mentioning what makes one of these Orange and the other Apple (the fruit)? No, don't mention 64-bit Guest, thank you very much :)[1] [1]Grumbling I wish MS will hurry up on this front already. /grumbling

[ActiveDir] E-Mail Template

2007-01-18 Thread Milton Sancho
Hello, How to create an e-mail template using exchange 5.5? The idea is that when any employee compose a new e-mail, at the bottom of the message has included a company message that would be the same for all the employees. I know that at user level i can create a local signature but I need

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread Coleman, Hunter
On the Virtual Infrastructure side: Moving running guests across hosts (vmotion), the network configuration options, lower host overhead, grouping hosts into resource pools and allowing guests to automatically migrate based on allocation guarantees, 4-way SMP guests, 64-bit guests :- Nothing

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread Ziots, Edward
I agree we use VMware ESX here, and the features and scalability basically leave Microsoft's Implementation in the dirt. If you want to do enterprise class service, HA with VM's ESX is a superior product. Yes it has stringent hard requirements ( Hey VMware/EMC tested the configs, its like a

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
:) Interesting points, again. Did I remember to say that I am biased? I think so. I expect that I'm going to catch some flaks for what I'm about to write, but . These do not make VS and ESX apples and oranges. VMotion, Host clustering. Different nomenclature, different capabilities, same

RE: [ActiveDir] [OT] E-Mail Template

2007-01-18 Thread Tony Murray
Hi Milton In future, please use the [OT] prefix in the subject line for off-topic posts such as this. Have a look at the Exchange 5.5. FAQ here for recommendations for adding disclaimers to email messages. http://www.swinc.com/resources/exchange/faq_db.asp?status=questions

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread Noah Eiger
I realize this is now getting a bit OT, but. Deji, I think the fruit distinction is based on the fact that one runs on bare metal and other runs under a host OS. (Or at least that is how I have always thought of them.) Beyond that, I agree there are simply feature comparisons. That said,

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
one runs on bare metal and other runs under a host OS Actually, that's a sleight of hand. ESX runs on a VMware-cooked Linux Kernel. So, one can argue that, because it is bundled with its own OS, ESX does not really run on bare metal in the way some people describe it. Sincerely, _

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote DC's on Virtual Server

2007-01-18 Thread WATSON, BEN
Noah, I initially thought that as well in regards to the video emulation performance. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I'll bet that you were using virtualized Windows Server 2003 operating systems. The default setting in Windows Server 2003 is that your display hardware acceleration is

[ActiveDir] Exchange Account in Outlook

2007-01-18 Thread Haritwal, Dhiraj
Hi All, We are having Exch2K Win 2K Domain. I am facing one strange problem that while I am configuring exchange account in outlook on a client machine, it's not asking the user name/password mail is working fine like user is able to send/receive mail. All clients are on workgroup. Like all

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Account in Outlook

2007-01-18 Thread Steve Linehan
I would make sure that you do not have any stored credentials on the machine. You do not mention the version of the OS of the client machine but in Windows XP and later there is a credential manager that can be used to store credentials and present them on behalf of the user. Go into control

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Account in Outlook

2007-01-18 Thread Haritwal, Dhiraj
Steve, R u taking about User Accounts -- Advanced -- managed password.i had removed some of them now it's aksing for the password. Now the second problem is any user is authenticating with other user name/password...like I am configuring a user account, it's asking for the user

Re: [ActiveDir] [OT] E-Mail Template

2007-01-18 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Redearthsoftware PolicyPatrol. but (wince) Exchange 5.5? Man I feel for ya... Tony Murray wrote: Hi Milton In future, please use the [OT] prefix in the subject line for off-topic posts such as this. Have a look at the Exchange 5.5. FAQ here for recommendations for adding disclaimers to