1. Go to the "Server Manager" MMC. Right Click "Roles" and Select "Add Roles". 2. When the wizard is displayed Click Next. 3. Select the "Active Directory Domain Services" role and Click Next. 4. If you are new to Active Directory Domain Services, I suggest you read the information on this wizard screen. Click Next. 5. The role will be installed, however Active...
To install a read only domain controller (RODC) on a full installation of Windows Server 2008 follow these steps: 1. Run DCPROMO. 2. If the Active Directory Domain Services binaries are not installed, they will be installed automatically. 3. The Active Directory Domain Services wizard will start. Tick "advanced mode installation" and click Next. 4. Review the warning that older versions of Windows...
After resizing a virtual disk that Windows Server 2008 was based on I got the following error: "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause." File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe Status: 0xc0000225 Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt. To fix this boot from the Windows 2008 DVD (The correct architecture based...
Reset Password and Force Change at Logon for an Entire OU: dsquery user "OU=London,OU=Staff,DC=vmadmin,DC=local" | dsmod user -pwd Password1 -mustchpwd yes Change "company" AD attribute for all Users in an Entire OU: dsquery user "OU=London,OU=Staff,DC=vmadmin,DC=local" | dsmod user -company "VMadmin" Return the DN of all users in an OU:dsquery user "OU=London,OU=Staff,DC=vmadmin,DC=local" "CN=User1,OU=London,OU=Staff,DC=vmadmin,DC=local""CN=User2,OU=London,OU=Staff,DC=vmadmin,DC=local""CN=User3,OU=London,OU=Staff,DC=vmadmin,DC=local" Return the DN of all users in an OU, then get...
Creating/Adding a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) to a Virtual MachineA Raw Disk Mapping (RDM) can be used to present a LUN directly to a virtual machine from a SAN. Rather than creating a virtual disk (VMDK) on a LUN, which is generally shared with other VMs and virtual disks. The reasons for doing this should purley be for functional and management reasons, NOT...