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Windows 2003 DNS Server Service Need to be Restarted in Order to Work
I have a Windows 2003 Standard Sp2 DNS server running on VMWare 2.5.3 that is in my DMZ. When ever the server /vm is reboot and this vm comes back online DNS never works. I have to stop and start the DNS Server service inorder for DNS to work correct. The DNS server is set to point to it's to DNS. Has anyone ever heard of this happening before?
We're running all our AD infrastructure (including Echange) in ESX and have no such problems. Some services need the clock to run more precise than others. DC / DNS are such services since they sync data with other VMs. This is howewer easily solved by usig the Descheduled time service that is available in ESX3:
http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/tac9710.pdf
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_esx_vmdesched.pdf
ESX 2.5.3 is getting a bit old now (ESX3 was released 2 years ago), so you should consider an upgrade soon.
Lars
http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/tac9710.pdf
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_esx_vmdesched.pdf
ESX 2.5.3 is getting a bit old now (ESX3 was released 2 years ago), so you should consider an upgrade soon.
Lars
It's just microsoft Best practice not to run them in VM.
Even in the actual courses for Exchange 2007 / 2003, services fail to start when they run as virtual clients on a host machine.
Even in the actual courses for Exchange 2007 / 2003, services fail to start when they run as virtual clients on a host machine.
Make sure you have the latest VMWare tools installed on the server - sometime you get issues with the NIC.
Cheers
Stu
Cheers
Stu
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Do you see anything in the error log saying why it failed to start?
control panel- > admin tools -> event viewer