MarshmallowCreme
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SBS Shutting itself down! It says I have multiple domain controllers when I don't!
Hello everyone,
I have been running our company website at our web host on Windows Small Business Server 2003 for the past 8 months with no problem, and suddenly in the last couple days, it has been shutting itself off randomly. The suspect is the SBCore service, and this is what it says in the event log:
"Multiple domain controllers running Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server have been detected in your domain. This computer will shut down in 30 minutes unless you remove all but one of these from the domain."
Then 30 minutes later:
"The server was shut down because it did not comply with the EULA. For more information, contact Microsoft."
There is only one computer in the domain: itself. And there definitely aren't any other domain controllers, at least that I can find. I tried restarting in Safe Mode, renaming the file sbscrexe.exe and then deleting the registry entry for SBCore, but it would not let me alter permissions on SBCore. So I tried restarting with sbscrexe renamed and the computer wouldn't even start up, so I had to rename it back. So here I am still with this problem.
Microsoft has this to say about it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555087
It says that happens when integrated setup has not been completed after 7 days... But it's been running for 8 months. And I tried running integrated setup again, and it appeared like it had finished, because it only gave me the option of reinstalling installed components.
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Or why might it think there are other domain controllers? Or why it was suddenly onset?
Thank you so much!
I have been running our company website at our web host on Windows Small Business Server 2003 for the past 8 months with no problem, and suddenly in the last couple days, it has been shutting itself off randomly. The suspect is the SBCore service, and this is what it says in the event log:
"Multiple domain controllers running Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server have been detected in your domain. This computer will shut down in 30 minutes unless you remove all but one of these from the domain."
Then 30 minutes later:
"The server was shut down because it did not comply with the EULA. For more information, contact Microsoft."
There is only one computer in the domain: itself. And there definitely aren't any other domain controllers, at least that I can find. I tried restarting in Safe Mode, renaming the file sbscrexe.exe and then deleting the registry entry for SBCore, but it would not let me alter permissions on SBCore. So I tried restarting with sbscrexe renamed and the computer wouldn't even start up, so I had to rename it back. So here I am still with this problem.
Microsoft has this to say about it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555087
It says that happens when integrated setup has not been completed after 7 days... But it's been running for 8 months. And I tried running integrated setup again, and it appeared like it had finished, because it only gave me the option of reinstalling installed components.
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Or why might it think there are other domain controllers? Or why it was suddenly onset?
Thank you so much!
JammyPak
I would try looking in the DNS and WINS databases, to see if there are any entries for an 'extra' machine that shouldn't be there
Hello,
I am having the same problem. Did anybody figure it out yet?
I am having the same problem. Did anybody figure it out yet?
I never saw the question originally, but the answer is in this MSKB: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555087
(basically it comes from a faulty install)
Jeff
TechSoEasy
(basically it comes from a faulty install)
Jeff
TechSoEasy
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Actually, the solution wasn't in that MSKB article. My problem I found was that I had deleted some DNS entries that wasn't supposed to. Apparently SBS has certain things it checks for and if they don't exist, it basically says you're not operating within the constraints of the license.
I found some command that restores the original DNS entries, though I don't recall what it was. If that MSKB doesn't help you, leave me another comment and I'll find it.
Marshall
I found some command that restores the original DNS entries, though I don't recall what it was. If that MSKB doesn't help you, leave me another comment and I'll find it.
Marshall
That would be great. I'm still shutting down every hour....
I think the issue is that you did not have the server set as the domain controller in Active Directory. This can ONLY happen if you don't install all components that are part of the server (or some error which causes the components to remain uninstalled).
This is the same thing as in the MSKB article, as well as your DNS problems. In order to fix your DNS issue, you can either recreate it manually or the better way is to have the server do it. To do that, you need to first delete your DNS zones and then make sure that all components are installed (via the add/remove programs -- windows small business server), and THEN redo every item on the TO-DO list.
This will set it all correctly.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
This is the same thing as in the MSKB article, as well as your DNS problems. In order to fix your DNS issue, you can either recreate it manually or the better way is to have the server do it. To do that, you need to first delete your DNS zones and then make sure that all components are installed (via the add/remove programs -- windows small business server), and THEN redo every item on the TO-DO list.
This will set it all correctly.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
I was headed down that path, but the windows small biz server applet in add/remove program is gone. Is there a way to re-create it?
Yikes... yes... just put CD1 in and run Install as if you were newly installing... it'll bring up the exact same thing and hopefully restore the program in add/remove.
FYI, if that's missing, you may have deeper problems, but reinstalling from the CD is the first way to find out.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
FYI, if that's missing, you may have deeper problems, but reinstalling from the CD is the first way to find out.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
What was the outcome of this? Hopefully good?
Jeff
TechSoEasy
Jeff
TechSoEasy
Nope. I reinstalled; problem got worse. eventually would not boot at all into system partition. I gave up and started over with NON-SBE Windows Server 2003....
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