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Browsing Active Directory on Windows Server 2012 is extremely slow
I have a configuration with two servers. One is domain controller, the second is mail server.
The DC is running on MS Windows Server 2012 STD. Further it is running from an ESXi server (so it is virtual) and has 16GB of RAM. It has the following roles installed:
1. Domain Controller (Active Directory)
2. DNS
3. File server
4. IIS
5. Print server
When I try to edit details in Active Directory, it is responding very slow. For example opening an user account takes up to 30 seconds, just to display the settings. When I try to change some items, applying it is taking very long as well. Also, just opening AD takes a long time. Just for the record, this only occurs to AD, all the other configured services are normal and respond quickly.
The DNS server is pointing to itself (127.0.0.1) and when I check the performance it is very regular. I performed a performance check when I tried to open AD which did not show any peaks on Memory, I/O, CPU etc.
Has anyone seen this before, and more important: does anyone have any ideas that can point me to the solution?
The DC is running on MS Windows Server 2012 STD. Further it is running from an ESXi server (so it is virtual) and has 16GB of RAM. It has the following roles installed:
1. Domain Controller (Active Directory)
2. DNS
3. File server
4. IIS
5. Print server
When I try to edit details in Active Directory, it is responding very slow. For example opening an user account takes up to 30 seconds, just to display the settings. When I try to change some items, applying it is taking very long as well. Also, just opening AD takes a long time. Just for the record, this only occurs to AD, all the other configured services are normal and respond quickly.
The DNS server is pointing to itself (127.0.0.1) and when I check the performance it is very regular. I performed a performance check when I tried to open AD which did not show any peaks on Memory, I/O, CPU etc.
Has anyone seen this before, and more important: does anyone have any ideas that can point me to the solution?
It's an DNS issue. Don't set it as 127.0.0.0 as that's a loopback address but as the actuall IP of the server.
ASKER
I replaced the 127.0.0.1 with the actual IP address of the server.
Then I performed the following commands:
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
It seems to be only slower now though.
Is there anything else I might look into?
Then I performed the following commands:
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
It seems to be only slower now though.
Is there anything else I might look into?
look at the event view for DNS. This is def a network issue/DNS setup misconfiguration.
Using the loopback IP or the actual IP of the server will not change a thing, with regards to performance. Have you checked the processes that are running on your DC (CPU/RAM)? If you install RSAT (remote server admin tools) on another member server or a workstation do you experience the same slowness? Also check the disk access is it encountering a lot of read/writes? Use Performance Monitor to check this.
Will.
Will.
ASKER
Hi guys,
I checked the performance, but that looks all normal.
A funny thing though, I removed the antivirus which fixed it all. AD responds quick now..
I use Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security version 8.0. Do you have any ideas how to install the antivirus in such a way that it doesnt affect the performance? Obviously I like the server to be protected.
thanks!
I checked the performance, but that looks all normal.
A funny thing though, I removed the antivirus which fixed it all. AD responds quick now..
I use Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security version 8.0. Do you have any ideas how to install the antivirus in such a way that it doesnt affect the performance? Obviously I like the server to be protected.
thanks!
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awesome, this fixed it. Thanks!