Server stopped working!! ; )
Being the good system admin that I am, I spent all night applying the
patches Microsoft sent me via e-mail to my server. (Boy were there a lot!!)
For some reason now my server won't work. Can someone please walk me through
fixing it? : )
A little humor to brighten your Sunday!
Gavin Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134259
Why does Mapping ask for a password?
Hi, one of my applications refers to F: in many places. I need to map
F: to \\server\D$ which is where the application data now resides. I
assume D$ is the root of D: on the server.
When I attempt the map from Windows Explorer on my Win98 machines it
asks for a password before allowing the map. I tried leaving it blank
or putting in the one for the administrator. Neither works.
Do I have to do something to each user to allow them to map to D$.
Maybe make them part of a certain group on the server? Not sure here.
Just guessing. Anyone know?
Thanks a lot.
-Mark Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134252
Win98 to SBS 2000
Anyone ever done an Upgrade from Win98 to SBS 2000?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dale Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134251
Name resolution S.L.O.W. on TS pinging SBS2K
Good afternoon NG,
We have a Windows 2000 terminal server that works in conjunction with our
SBS2K server as per best practice that this NG recommends.
Has been working beautifully for ages then suddenly last week the users
reported slowness getting into Exchange from Outlook and other such
occurrences. Then an SQL application we have refused to connect.
A bit of experimenting with the DSN setup for the SQL application showed
that hardcoding the IP address of the SBS2K server fixed it. I thought
"a-ha!" a name resolution problem. Sure enough a ping on the TS would take
about 20 seconds but only if the user were logged in via remote desktop. On
the console no prolem. Here is gets trickier. If the Administrator or anyone
with membership of the Domain Admins group tries to resolve a name, also no
problem regardless of whether they are on the console or on the remote
desktop. All other workstations on the network are experiencing no problems
with resolving a name
This means it is all looking like a permissions problem on the TS. But I
have no idea of where to look. Is it policies from the SBS2K box? File
permissions on the TS? Permissions in DNS, WINS on the SBS2K box?
Anybody got any clues?
HELP!
Karl in Melbourne, Australia Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134237
Windows 2000 SBS to Windows 2003 Server Migration - Success!
Hi all, after many days of research, which all turned out to be worthwhile
as we encountered each and every issue, we managed to do the migration from
Windows 2000 SBS to Windows 2003 Server.
Here is the plan we used, and all seemed to work perfectly:
Step1. Prepare AD for migration
1. Run adprep on the Small Business Server 2000 dc to prep forest and domain
for Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=278875
2. Change Security Policy to Enable Computer and User Accounts to be trusted
for Delegation
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232070
Step2. Clean install Windows 2003 and promote Windows 2003 server to DC:
1. Install Windows 2003 server on the new server.
2. Run dcpromo.
3. Choose "Additional domain controller for an existing domain" option.
4. Enter network credentials to log on to SBS 2K server (typically
administrator)
5. Domain name should match current domain name and shouldn't need to be
changed
6. Directory services restore mode password is unique to each computer -
you may enter any password you want here.
7. Once AD is complete, reboot new DC
Step3. Make the new DC a global catalog server
1. Open AD Sites and Services
2. Expand Sites/Default First Site/Servers.
3. Select the new DC server and right click NTDS settings and select
properties.
4. On the General tab put a check mark in the Global Catalog check box and
then click OK.
Step4. Transfer FSMO roles:
255504 Using Ntdsutil.exe to Seize or Transfer FSMO Roles to a the
controller using the below procedure:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255504
Step5. Move DNS
1. Install DNS on new dc
2. Move DNS to new server using the below procedure:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323383&Product=winsv
r2003
Step6. Shut down old SBS server and remove from AD.
1. Open AD Users and Computers
2 .Expand your domain
3. Select Domain Controllers container
4. Select the old SBS 2K server object and delete it.
I also noticed that at this point it will also listed in AD Sites and
Services, you might need to remove it from there too.
Step7. Change IP on new DC to match old server
1. You might need to do this so all clients DNS server address received from
DHCP is correct.
Step8. Install DHCP on new server Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134234
Isa and Cisco
Hi, I have recently built an sbs2000 box and have a new
cisco 837 firewall/router/adsl modem.
I had a Cisco cna configure the firewall/router and
install cisco client vpn s/w on a client pc. When I try to
connect to the server it would appear that ISA is NATing
the connection and so the ip address expected by Cisco is
not correct. Is there a way to stop Isa NAT'ing the
connection.
2. Does anyone know what the sure fire disaster recovery
software will work with SBS 2000 that uses hardware raid 5.
I have heard Veritas works sometimes or Acronis , but not
sure what to buy.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards Steven Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134231
Admin login Active directory
for some reason i have rebooted my server and now it will
not accept my admin password for the domain. it tells me
i cant use any of the other passes or user names for the
domain either. did not make any changes just rebooting
it. tried safe mode and recovery but will not take any
pas or username, could some one help me with a way to
find out the pass or a way to change it. it will not let
me just log into the computer i have to log into the
domain, any help is greatly apriciated
Jon Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134230
**Announcement regarding the newsservers....
copied from
news://msnews.microsoft.com:119/BBA35500.1235%mikesam@online.microsoft.com
Hi All,
For several days, we have been experiencing slowdowns in the Microsoft
newsgroups. The combination of the recent waves of spam and viruses
generated several issues that Microsoft teams are troubleshooting now. In
the meantime, to help deal with the slowdowns, we are reducing our message
archive from 90 days to 30 days for newsreaders (such as Outlook Express).
To access discussions older than 30 days, you can use this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
Sincerely,
Microsoft Communities Team.
Microsoft Corp. Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134229
Application log errors...
After just solving an ADSL which started working without me knowing why the
server has started logging the following errors in the application log, they
never appears prior to the ADSL connection working.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
Henry
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/10/2003
Time: 2:51:27 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: ANGUS
Description:
The Group Policy client-side extension Security was passed flags (1) and
returned a failure status code of (3).
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SceCli
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/10/2003
Time: 2:51:27 PM
User: N/A
Computer: ANGUS
Description:
Security policy cannot be propagated. Cannot access the template. Error code
= 3.
\\smallbusiness.local\sysvol\smallbusiness.local\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D
2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\Microsoft\Windows NT\SecEdit\GptTmpl.inf.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/10/2003
Time: 2:51:27 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: ANGUS
Description:
Windows cannot access the registry information at
\\smallbusiness.local\sysvol\smallbusiness.local\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D
2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\registry.pol with (51). Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134226
Unable to download mail from mialbox on Exchange
I have been unable to download my mail from my exchange on SBS 2000 and am
getting the following error message:
Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for
this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Account: 'Rajiv (Domain)', Server: 'server', Protocol: POP3,
Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
The other mailboxes are working fine. Shall appreciate if someone can guide
for a solution.
Rajiv Khandelwal
------------------------------------
www.vardaan.net Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134222
Dynamic DNS.
Hello all,
Would someone assit in a step-by-step dynamic dns configuration? I have
made a valid attempt to "read" before asking; however, I am do not know what
I should point to where?
My setup is as follows:
SBS2000, 2 Nic, Dynamic IP from ISP (ADSL), Router (NetGear FVS318), and
public domain hosted at 3rd party (for ".com" business e-mail).
As far as I know, dynamic DNS requires me to point my public domain to the
Dynamic DNS Servers, but won't that cause trouble with my parked/hosted
e-mail?
TIA - Your help is greatly appreciated. Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134208
Linksys Router
Please help, I have a linksys router at home and I use
my laptop to vpn back to the office running SBS2K, I did
some securtiy patches and updated the firmware on the
router and now the vpn does not work from my wireless
connection using the router BEFSR41. my vpn works fine
from my dial up but not using the router. I have a
WAP11 wireless router going through the cable/dsl
router. I dont know if the security patches or the
firmware had anything to do with it but it used to
work fine. any suggestions Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134207
Server Performance Report - SBS2003
I tried the reinstall option and no luck.
Have you tried rerun the Monitoring Configuration Wizard
and pick the
second option "Reinstall" to reset the monitoring features?
Ray Fong
Microsoft SBS Product Support
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>i am using SBS 2003. i would like to get my morning
server
>performance report. all i recieve everymorning is:
>
>Server Performance Report - SBS2003
>
>Administrator
>
>Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)
>
>Any Suggestions? i went through the monitoring and
>reporting a couple of differnt times and it seems pretty
>straight forward.
>
>Thanx for any help. Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134199
Local admin group
Is there away to have users assigned to the local
administrators group on each computer from the domain?
Or do I have to manually add each user on each machine to
the local administrators group?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134198
Print Subsystem is unavailable
Hi all!
Server -> SBS 2000 SP 4.
Clients -> Windows 2000 Professiona
On friday, the users had problems printing. They printed
documents, but the documents were not printed.
As I was not on the enterprise, I told a person to go to
the server and to see if the printers exists.
After opening the Printers folder ( on the server ), there
were none printer installed. The only thing he coulded see
was the "Add Printer".
I told him to click on "Add Printer" to see what happens.
After he clicks, there appears an error message saying:
-------------------------------------------------------
Printer operation cannot continue due to lack of
resources. The print subsystem is unavailable.
-------------------------------------------------------
As everyone was very stressed to print, I told him to
restart the server.
I was looking on the event log, but didn't find anything
on this.
Maybe the Print Spooler Service has stopped and on the
restart it started automatically...
I would like to resolve this problem. If you have any
ideas/suggestions I would be very appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Best regards,
Joaquim. Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134183
Active Directory Printer
I have a printer listed in Active directory which I want
to install on a client workstation. From the client
workstation I logon as admin and successfully install the
printer by searching AD. I then logoff Admin and logon as
a "domain user" account. The recently installed printer
does not show in my list of printers.
I checked the security settings for the printer and the
group "Everyone" has print permissions for this printer.
How can I install this printer once and allow all users to
access it?
Thanks,
Don Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134171
Looking to automatically stop/start services before NTBACKUP job
I have a Windows 2000 server that is scheduled to do nightly backups
with ntbackup but as it has a SQL database running, I need to have the
SQL service stop before the backup begins and then re-start right
after the backup completes.
Can someone show me how to use W2k native components to do this
please?
thank you
Jeff Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134166
recovery information for SBS
Hi,
Is there any information about precautions to take before having to make
changes to SBS components.
Apart from taking a copy of the Emergency repair disk and a backup of the
system state, are there any quickfire ways to make a quick copy of all the
SBS system configuration and settings, so if you make configuration changes
Windows 2000(on DHCP/DNS etc..) , Exchange 2000 etc... that you can go back
to the settings before the configuration changes, if they don't work out. Or
is it really a case of resoring from backup tape the system directory and
progem files and programs.
Any info on this would be much appreciated.
al Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134164
SBS Modem Config
Hi,
I have configured my SBS 2000 server for dial in access. The server only has
one modem and the dial in works no problem.
However, I have dialled in with two different laptops. One Dell and a HP,
and I'm unable to achieve a connection speed greater than 28k.
Any ideas??? Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134161
ISA: Major problems
Oh well.. maybe VPn is the least of my worries this weekend... :-(
ISA Manager is failing to start and so are a load of other things. Here are
the error messages. I can't see what's broken:
System Log:
7023: ISA Server Control Service terminated with the following error: %%615
7023: ISA Server Control Service terminated with the following error: 278540
7024: Firewall service terminated with the following specific error: 213004
7022: Web Proxy Service hung on starting
7022: Scheduled cache content download hung on starting
7031: Telephony service terminated unexpectedly. This has happened 1 times.
No action taken
7031: SNMP service terminated unexpectedly.
Application Log:
ISA: 11004: ISA failed to start during initialisation because the system
call RasConnectionNotification failed. Use source location
201.1534.3.0.1200.235 to report the failure
FTPCtrs event 1000: Unable to collect statistics
ISA server detected a change in the IP routing table.
Then loads of 14044: ISA server is dropping IP packets.
14071: Firewall did not start because application filter SOCKSv4 did not
start in time. Reinstall filter.
14192: ISA Servr control service failed to start because operating system
service Routing and Remote Access is already running. To fix use ISA setup
and reinstall ISA.
Phew! All this suggests to me is that there's a problem with ISA somewhere.
I'd run HfNetCHk and updated all the patches before this happened. One
reboot and.... wham.
I'm lost and netless at the office. Anything to help me here would be
appreciated. I suspect a lot of this is linked: fix ISA and the rest will go
away..
TIA Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134155
Remotely Export IE History by user
One of my customers has asked that the IE History data be exported by user
and presented to her.......Group Policy blocks users from changing or
clearing history so that an accurate trail can be divulged..........I,
however have no idea how to do this on a per user basis....without visiting
each individual pc.......if it helps, users only typically work on a single
pc located in there individual cubicle.
TIA Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134153
SBS 2000 Backup
Hi,
I have tried to configure a batch file on my Windows 2000 SBS, to automate
the backup. I got the instructions on creating the batch file from the
following technet article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=239892
My batch file is configured as follows:
echo off
rsm.exe refresh /LF"ARCHIVE Python 06408-XXX SCSI Sequential Device"
sleep 30
for /f "Tokens=1-4 Delims=/ " %%i in ('date /t') do set dt=%%i-%%j-%%k-%%l
for /f "Tokens=1" %%i in ('time /t') do set tm=-%%i
set tm=%tm::=-%
set dtt=%dt%%tm%
c:\winnt\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Local Settings
\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\test.bks"
/n "%computername%-%dtt%" /d "daily %dtt%" /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:on
/m normal /j "daily %dtt%" /l:f /p "4mm DDS" /UM
rsm.exe eject /PF"%computername%-%dtt% - 1" /astart
exit
However, after running the batch file, the following error is produced:
c:\>echo off
The command completed successfully.
'/n' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'/m' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
No match was found for the friendly name supplied.
Unable to convert Pmid friendly name to guid
Press any key to continue . . .
Has anyone got any ideas or past experiences???
Mark Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134149
SBS2k vs. SBS2k3
Is there a document that delineates the differences between the two versions
for the purpose of convincing clients to upgrade?
Marcia Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134148
Software Assurance and Upgrades
Hi All !
Does anybody knows if you can get SA when buying an
upgrade product?
I want to purchase the upgrade version of SBS2003 and I
wanted to know if I can purchase SA at the time.
Thanks.
TS Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134146
Exchange 2000 w/SBS
How do I setup a exchange server 2000 to receive pop3
request from ail clients. I have an mx record setup and
woking. SMTP is working fine. Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134142
Non-domain machines cannot access Internet
I have SBS running and everything is working except those
machines that are not part of the Domain cannot access the
Internet. We have guests and vendors come in with their
laptops and they want to connect to the Internet, but we
do not want to configure these machines for the Domain. Is
this a DHCP problem or an ISA problem?
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
David Lance
david_lance@hotmail.com Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134141
Transfert schema master from SBS 2002 to windows 2003 standart/entreprise edition
Hello,
I'd like to know if it's possible to :
- install win2003 standart server into sbs 2000 domain.
- promote the win2003 to DC.
- transfert the 5 rôles on the new server
- delete the sbs 2000 server.
thanks for your answere
best regards
jean-marc Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134119
ADSL Problems... more info
As part of trying to solve an ADSL problem in a previous post the following
info may assist.
As the ADSL connection will not work I also have two dial up connections
configured:
Connection one is for the same ISP that provides the ADSL connection I am
having problems with
Connection two is for a totally different ISP
When I dial up using connection two I can do everything, browse, news etc
etc
When I dial up using connection one, I can only access the ISP's home page.
I am unable to access www.google.com, www.microsoft.com etc. When I try to
access www.google.com it then tries www.www.google.com then
www.google.com.edu etc etc as it tries all the different domains finally it
tries to access auto.search.msn.com without success.
To me this appears to be a DNS issue however I know this is not an ISP issue
as it's been a problem for the last week.
Any ideas ? Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134115
VPN Problems.. still!
I'm really stuck here and I'd appreciate any more help that you can give.
I've been able to make *some* progress but I'm still unable to VPN into the
server from the outside world. I have a 2 NIC SBS2k connected to a Cisco
router which connects by 128k ISDN to the outside world. My UK ISP is Demon
who was turned off ICMP due to the viruses atm. I have tried so many things
and I'm sure this is something really simple. However, my brain is full of
troubleshooting this mess and I'm stuck as to where to go. This is where I
need the guidance still :-)
Internal NIC is 10.0.0.2, External is 192.168.1.2, Router (internal side)
192.168.1.1, Router (External side) A.B.C.D
Here's where I am now:
1) Have configured RRAS to allow VPN as per smallbizserver.net article.
2) Can successfully establish VPN from inside the network to server.
3) Receive no response to PING nor VPN from the outside world when trying to
reach A.B.C.D from remote machine
4) Have disconnected external NIC from router and connected to XP Pro
laptop. VPN from laptop *not* successful when trying to connect to
192.168.1.2
5) Have not tried (4) trying to reach 10.0.0.2
6) Not sure how to test pass-through on router.
7) There are two static routes set up on router:
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.0.0.2 1723 A.B.C.D 1723 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.2 1723 A.B.C.D 1723
extendable
8) ISA filter set up for tcp 1723 both ways
9) ISA PPTP call and receive filters in place and active.
I'd appreciate some help on what to try next..
Shared Care Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134071
SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery
Well it finally happened. System has gone TU. This
appears to be associated with Veritas BE so not sure I
trust the backups. Had a couple of failed backups and
then it wouldn't startup. System is twin Plll with Raid
using 120Gb HD for Veritas backup.
Can boot into Safe Mode and can copy whatever files I
need. Most important I guess is AD and Exchange. Question
is can I copy relevant parts of the file system to
another disk, reinstall SBS and then copy back the copies?
Have copy of the Public folders saved to pst about a week
ago and users sync so I could just start from scratch but
seems a shame if I can get into Safe mode.
Any help/advice greatly appreciated
S. Tag: SBS 2000 Disaster Recovery Tag: 134059
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