I lost a DC from a domain.  I only have one left.  I'm trying to raise the function of the domain so I can add a 2012 server. It is still looking for the schema master which was a 2003 server.  What can I do to make the current 2008 server the schema master? it's tell me the current server is off line so it will not change.

Hi Experts

thanks for your in advance.

problem definition:
I have only 1 Active Directory server with DNS integrated in an isolated network and I want all DNS queries to be made to itself only so no DNS queries are broadcasted.
AD is imported from PROD environment and previously serving multiple zones and multiple different VLANs.  I now need to use this imported AD DNS server to not to forward any broadcast queries to different DNS servers.

reasons: Server is imported from PROD  environment so whatever the IP details it has in DNS tab should change I believe. it currently have multiple IP addresses listed primary and secondary DNS

options:  
a)should I only set up one DNS server IP which would be the itself 127.0.0.1 as primary DNS server and that's it leave the rest with no config. only 1 DC in this isolated environment which holds all the FSMO roles and  has no connections to PROD.
b) should set new port forwarding on Pfsense firewall to forward all DNS queries to  127.0.0.1

thanks for the help

I have a 2008 server that is a file share. I use DFS but that's only for creating shorcut/namespaces -- there isn't replication.
I was wondering how much space in a new partition I would need to add to support hourly snapshots throughout the day?
Is there a guide or best practice?

Experts, I've got 5 servers shown below.  What / how do i determine the best start-up / shutdown sequence?
- AD
- Citrix
- SQL
- Apps
- Web

Also how do i determine how many "U" a server is occupying?

If you have a query that is stuck in processing, what would a database reboot be doing that would fix the query after restarting Statistics don't appear to be involved here as they are updated and are not changed before, and after, the reboot. This has happned 3 times where a reboot of the database fixed the problem.

We are using MSSQL 2008 ( only version supported by the application) on WIndows server 2008

I have query that that can hang will , only at times, but not all the time  ( This is inside a cobol program)  When the database is rebooted, the query completes in 10 minutes. What would the reboot be doing to fix the problem with the query.  Here are the symptoms of  of the query duing the hanging process and what was done up to this point.

Symtoms: Numbered 1-6
When running this statement
1. SELECT session_id,status,row_count,reads,writes,logical_reads,cpu_time FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions for that SPID, (all numbers run to a certain point and then freeze.

2. When the TEMPDB is examined , the numbers freeze and CPU time is stopped
FROM sys.dm_db_file_space_usage;
SELECT
                    sys.dm_exec_sessions.session_id AS [SESSION ID],
                    DB_NAME(database_id) AS [DATABASE Name],
                    HOST_NAME AS [System Name],
                    program_name AS [Program Name],
                    login_name AS [USER Name],
                    status,
                    cpu_time AS [CPU TIME (in milisec)],
                    …

OS  : WIN 2008R2

I would like to configure server to handle - 10 concurrent (parallel) sessions for our developers.

please advice how to configure the server to meet my requirement.
my domain ID has admin role on the server ( not AD admin).

please advice the steps.

I have a vm host running a full network, I want to install ESET Endpoint or Bitdefender Endpoint, which is better? How can I determine exclusions best practice for each server? SQL, DC, backup DC, App, RDS

People,

I'm trying to implement email resiliency solution internally and also externally with no Load Balancer access, so I came up with the below Idea:

http://www.tutorius.com/setting-up-a-dns-round-robin-in-windows
http://exchange929.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/high-availability-for-exchange-2013-cas.html

which I will be applying for all of my Exchange Server 2013 Std. Edition running CAS role:

Internally
AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server 1 internal IP address on AD Site 1
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server 1 internal IP address on AD Site 1

AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server 2 internal IP address on AD Site 2
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server 2 internal IP address on AD Site 2

...

AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server N internal IP address on AD Site N
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server N internal IP address on AD Site N

and also Externally
AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server 1 public IP address on the internet.
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server 1 public IP address on the internet.

AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server 2 public  IP address on the internet.
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server 2 public  IP address on the internet.

...

AutoDiscover.domain.com points to CAS server N public IP address on the internet.
OWA.domain.com points to CAS server N public  IP…

I believe SCOM 2012 does include configuration manager 2012 as well

Is it same as SCCM 2012? in that situation SCOM 2012 does the work for SCCM as well.

i believe SCOM 2007 does not have this feature

Is there any good documentation highlighting difference between SCOM 2005, 2007, 2012, 2016

The RAID controller is a PERC 4e/Di (Embedded).
It has a RAID5 array made up of 4 disks. Size is 558GB.
One disk had failed but the disk and data were still accessible.
The OS is installed on a separate RAID1 which is in optimal condition.
I rebooted the server and it had issues during the boot process. Going into the controller config, it seemed it had lost the information on  all the logical drives. It was giving an error saying NVRAM and disks do not match. All disks showed as 'Online' rather than 'Ready'.

I re-created both RAIDs exactly as before (minus the failed disk) and the server was able to boot back up. However, the RAID5 drive does not appear.
In Disk Management, it shows as: 'Dynamic' Invalid. If I try to reactivate:
'Virtual Disk Manager: This operation is not allowed on the invalid disk pack"

Using OMSA, the RAID 5 array status is 'OK' and there is no issue with the 3 remaining drives.

I found this video using a hex editor to bring up an invalid disk but the situation is different : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQgRkEuFQac

Is this a viable solution to recover this disk or is there a better way?

hi,

in one of the server, we found this path C:\Windows\Installer has a lot of files, some new and some are old, can we delete everything in this folder?

by this:https://superuser.com/questions/23479/is-it-safe-to-delete-from-c-windows-installer

it seems I can't, right?

Is there a way to copy permissions from one server to another without copying the data.  I have the data I just need the permissions added to the folders.

Sir,
i have one Big Doubt,i am installed  server 2008 in fresh systems,i have orizinal server 2008,now i want that server actieve directory backup wants in freshly installed systems,

which backup i have take in that server 2008>.>  systems state or c drive or Volume Backup or full backup