Is dns server required to install active directory

i have a confusion here.... i have to install active directory on win 2k or 2k3 server.... Can i install it with the help of WINS but not DNS .... is it possible to install AD with WINS installed/configured on server but at same time not any kind
of DNS (Third party Server/Service) is installed/configured there????..... thanx

AD rely on DNS name resolution. So DNS name resolution is a requirement for AD installation.
DNS requirements for installing Active Directory:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739159(WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759550(WS.10).aspx
Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX http://blogs.sivarajan.com/ http://publications.sivarajan.com/ This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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Server 2008 R2 DNS Server can not open active directory erro 4000

The DNS server was unable to open Active Directory. This DNS server is configured to obtain and use information from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the zone without it. Check that the Active Directory is functioning properly
and reload the zone. The event data is the error code. Error 4000
This just started happening yesterday. Also File service and print server is unable to contact because of this error. I have no lookup zones. When I try and go to the DNS server I get a message The server VETSALDC could be contacted The error was Access
Denied. Would you like to add it anyway?
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Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that DNS unable to open Active Directory with error 4000.
This happens when that particular DC/DNS server has lost its Secure channel with itself or PDC. This can also happen in a single DC environment where that DC/DNS server holds all the FSMO roles and is pointing to itself as Primary DNS server.
You may check AD DS using command line “DCdiag” (run as administrator). besides, you may try to stop and restart AD DS service(detailed steps reference the link:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732714(WS.10).aspx ), make sure that the AD DS is running correctly.
Then restart the DNS service, detailed steps reference the link:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735673(v=ws.10).aspx .
If the problem still exits, is there any other DC or DNS on your network? Post the TCP/IP parameters (ipconfig /all) of DC and DNS here.
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Cannot install Active Directory Domain Services on Server 2012 R2

Hi all,
I'm having some trouble installing the AD DS role onto my virtual server. I keep getting "The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed. The operation cannot be completed because the server that you specified requires a restart."
After the install fails the DFS Namespace service stops and I cannot refresh the server manager.
This server is currently dishing out DHCP and also has VIPRE anti virus on it.
I did a ton of research on the problem but can not find anything specific to this issue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Dave,
I ran the DISM.EXE/Online/Cleanup-image/Restorehealth command and Windows did not find any corruption.
I then attempted to install active directory and was greeted with the same errors as I expressed in my first post.
I ran the DISM.EXE/Online/Cleanup-image/Restorehealth command again and windows found corruption and fixed the corruption.
I tried to install active directory again (was able to refresh the server manager at this point and did not need to reboot the server to attempt another install, maybe that is the corruption windows fixed?) but it failed.... with the same errors I always
get.
The active directory install always freezes on 64% and then bombs out.
I shutdown the VM and rebooted... before the login screen Windows attempts to configure updates but fails. Could this be the cause?
Thank you,
-Matt

I have windows server 2012 R2 and install active directory

My question is I install active directory in windows server 2012 R2 and create Group Policy. ( These set-up is only for test)
Have not registered domain only install active directory to test.
So the problem is when I created Group policy for my user and put software restriction policy but its affected to my administrator accounts too, No when I open VMware (install Virtual Machine windows XP) and start os then its shows you can not user this
software as you restricted from installing software (Something like that don't know exact Error). I could not start installed Virtual Machine.
Please give me a solution for this.
This is the setup for a test use only so their not big environment connect with my pc.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Krunal

Hi,
The following article is talking about creating and managing Group Policy on a Windows Server 2012:
http://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Creating_and_managing_a_Group_Policy_on_a_Windows_2012_Server
As Darren Blanchard mentioned, if you want to apply the GPO, you could link it to an OU that contain the computer or user.
Group Policy Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831791.aspx
Please feel free to let us know if you need further assistance.
Regards.
Vivian Wang

Install Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows server 2008 enterprise, dont login on Sql Server 2008 R2

I install Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows server 2008 enterprise and dont login on Sql Server 2008 R2. Before install ADDC, I have logon SQL Server 2008r2 Success, After when i install ADDC is don't logon on SQL Server 2008r2 -->not success.
I have uninstalled ADDC but i still can't login on SQL server 2008r2.
please help me. it is very very disaster!
I think is loss account SQL server 2008r2!

Hello,
I stronly recommend you post the detail error message to us while you try to connect to SQL Server instance, it's useful for us to do further investigation.
Microsoft recommends that you do not install SQL Server 2008 R2 on a domain controller, there are some limitations:
You cannot run SQL Server services on a domain controller under a local service account or a network service account.
After SQL Server is installed on a computer, you cannot change the computer from a domain member to a domain controller. You must uninstall SQL Server before you change the host computer to a domain controller.
After SQL Server is installed on a computer, you cannot change the computer from a domain controller to a domain member. You must uninstall SQL Server before you change the host computer to a domain member.
SQL Server failover cluster instances are not supported where cluster nodes are domain controllers.
SQL Server Setup cannot create security groups or provision SQL Server service accounts on a read-only domain controller. In this scenario, Setup will fail.
On Windows Server 2003, SQL Server services can run under a domain account or a local system account.
So, I would suggest you try to open up Windows Services list and changed the account for SQL Server service.
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Failed to install Active directory domain services

Hi,
I've installed the AD Domain Services on Windows2008R2 by following this guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc755059%28WS.10%29.aspx. After click 'Install', step 6, it showed failed to install but there is no clue why it was failed, at all.
Here is a log I copied from C:\Windows\logs\ServerManager.log
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:54.333 [InstallationProgressPage] Loading progress page...
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:54.411 [InstallationProgressPage] Begining Sync operation...
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:54.458 [Sync]
Sync Graph of changed nodes
==========
name     : Active Directory Domain Services
state    : Changed
rank     : 1
sync tech: CBS
guest[1] : Active Directory Domain Controller
guest[2] : Identity Management for UNIX
ant.     : empty
pred.    : empty
provider : null
name     : Active Directory Domain Controller
state    : Changed
rank     : 4
sync tech: CBS
ant.     : .NET Framework 3.5.1
pred.    : Active Directory Domain Services, .NET Framework 3.5.1
provider : Provider
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:54.458 [Sync]                      Calling sync provider of Active Directory Domain Controller ...
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:54.473 [Provider]                  Sync:: guest: 'Active Directory Domain Controller', guest deleted?: False
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:54.473 [Provider]                  Begin installation of 'Active Directory Domain Controller'...
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:54.473 [Provider]                  Install: Guest: 'Active Directory Domain Controller', updateElement: 'DirectoryServices-DomainController'
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:54.473 [Provider]                  Installation queued for 'Active Directory Domain Controller'.
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:54.473 [CBS]                       installing 'DirectoryServices-DomainController ' ...
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.020 [CBS]                       ...parents that will be auto-installed: 'NetFx3 '
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.020 [CBS]                       ...default children to turn-off: '<none>'
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.036 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'DirectoryServices-DomainController': p: Staged, a: Staged, s: UninstallRequested
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.036 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'DirectoryServices-DomainController' to 'InstallRequested'
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.051 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'NetFx3': p: Installed, a: Installed, s: InstallRequested
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.051 [CBS]                       ...skipping 'NetFx3' because it is already in the desired state.
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.098 [CBS]                       ...'DirectoryServices-DomainController' : applicability: Applicable
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.114 [CBS]                       ...'NetFx3' : applicability: Applicable
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.770 [CbsUIHandler]              Initiate:
2204: 2011-01-05 12:57:55.770 [InstallationProgressPage] Installing...
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.176 [CbsUIHandler]              Error: -2147021879 :
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.176 [CbsUIHandler]              Terminate:
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.254 [InstallationProgressPage] Verifying installation...
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.270 [CBS]                       ...done installing 'DirectoryServices-DomainController '. Status: -2147021879 (80070bc9)
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.270 [Provider]                  Skipped configuration of 'Active Directory Domain Controller' because install operation failed.
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.270 [Provider]
[STAT] ---- CBS Session Consolidation -----
[STAT] For
          'Active Directory Domain Controller'[STAT] installation(s) took '54.7870005' second(s) total.
[STAT] Configuration(s) took '0.0003053' second(s) total.
[STAT] Total time: '54.7873058' second(s).
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.270 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Result - Success: False, RebootRequired: True, Id: 110
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.286 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Message - OperationKind: Install, MessageType: Error, MessageCode: -2147021879, Message: <null>, AdditionalMessage: The requested operation failed. A system reboot is required to roll back changes
made
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.286 [InstallationProgressPage] Sync operation completed
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.286 [InstallationProgressPage] Performing post install/uninstall discovery...
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.286 [Provider]                  C:\Windows\system32\ServerManager\Cache\CbsUpdateState.bin does not exist.
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.286 [CBS]                       IsCacheStillGood: False.
2204: 2011-01-05 12:58:49.786 [CBS]                       >>>GetUpdateInfo--------------------------------------------------
2204: 2011-01-05 12:59:46.520 [CBS] Error (Id=0) Function: 'ReadUpdateInfo()->Update_GetInstallState' failed: 80070bc9 (-2147021879)
2204: 2011-01-05 12:59:46.520 [CBS]                       <<<GetUpdateInfo--------------------------------------------------
2204: 2011-01-05 12:59:46.598 [DISCOVERY]                 hr: -2147021879 -> reboot required.
2204: 2011-01-05 12:59:46.739 [InstallationProgressPage] About to load finish page...
2204: 2011-01-05 12:59:46.739 [InstallationFinishPage]    Loading finish page
2204: 2011-01-05 12:59:46.801 [InstallationFinishPage]    Finish page loaded
I also checked the event viewer, here are the event properties occurred during the installation:
Initiating changes to turn on update DirectoryServices-DomainController of package DirectoryServices-DomainController-Package. Client id: RMT
Update Directoryservices-DomainController of package DirectoryServices-DomainController-Package failed to be turned on. Status: 0x80070bc9
Installation failed. A restart is required.
Roles:
Active Directory Domain Services
Error: The server needs to be restarted to undo the changes
Please help.
Thanks,
balrogz

Another thing to check is to ensure the server service is up and running.
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/paulbergson/archive/2014/04/29/can-t-add-the-role-quot-active-directory-domain-services-quot-to-my-2008-r2-server.aspx
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Server Requirement for Installing BPC

Dear all,
What are the minimum server requirements for installing BPC in RAM, Speed and hard disk size? Is there anything else that i should be aware of?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers

Hi,
If you are going to use Audit Collection Services (other methods to collect event logs can also refer to requirements below), here are some requirements:
A member of an Active Directory domain
A minimum of 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM, with 2 GB recommended
At least a 1.8 gigahertz (GHz) processor, with a 2.8 GHz processor recommended
10 GB of hard disk space available, at a minimum, with 50 GB recommended
More information for you:
Collecting Security Events Using Audit Collection Services in Operations Manager
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh212908.aspx
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Error when trying to install Active Directory Domain Services role

I am running Server 2012 r2 standard on a physical server. When I try to install active directory from the add roles and features wizard, I get this error:
"The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed. Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed. The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701"
I have already tried running these commands:
sfc /scannow
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
I have all of the latest updates from windows update.
Any idea what might be causing this?
Thanks!

Hi drwebster93,
This error most times occur because there have some language pack corrupted, please first try to remove some useless language, you can refer the following KB to remove language
pack.
Add and Remove Language Packs Offline Using DISM
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824893.aspx
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sfc /scannow cmdlet and Uninstall Antivirus Software.
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I’m glad to be of help to you!
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New Server 2012 install - Active Directory not working properly

We recently converted from 2003 to 2012. Our 2012 R2 server seems to be running fine. We did a DCPROMO on the OLD 2003 DC just fine but now there are all sorts of odd errors (Sharepoint can't authenticate users, Can't run Exchange 2013 on another 2012 server
because it can't find AD, etc.)
on the DC we have a Group Policy error 1096. "Group Policy Object LDAP://CN=User,cn={2B476B3E-2749-4B1B-8EC1-F5672A66F94F},cn=policies,cn=system,DC=mydom,DC=local\\mydom.local\SysVol\mydom.local\Policies\{2B476B3E-2749-4B1B-8EC1-F5672A66F94F}\User\registry.pol"
So far I haven't found anything on how to fix this (and the AD itself.) There are some errors in the DCDIAG log, too:
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         Unable to connect to the NETLOGON share! (\\ISD-DC1\netlogon)
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         The network name cannot be found..
Starting test: FrsEvent
         There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after the
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Any suggestions how we can fix these errors are greatly appreciated!

Hi,
Did you migrate the Active Directory from Windows server 2003 to Windows server 2012?
Please refer to this article:
https://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2013/05/27/step-by-step-active-directory-migration-from-windows-server-2003-to-windows-server-2012.aspx
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How to install Active Directory Client on Windows 8.1 Pro

Hello,
I like to install the Active Directory client on Widows 8.1 Pro. I have tried installing RSAT (Remote Server Admin Tools for Windows 8.1, but when I run the setup program it says the Windows Update Standalone
Installer, the update is not applicable to your computer. I am running this Windows8.1-KB2693643-x86.msu and downloaded it from here.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39296
So, how do I
get this installed?
Thanks
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Hi,
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8.1 is available in the following languages: cs-CZ, de-DE, en-US, es-ES, fr-FR, hu-HU, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ru-RU, sv-SE, tr-TR, zh-CN, zh-HK, and zh-TW. If the system UI language
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Please check your system version (64 bit or 32 bit), and download the property one:
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827218
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In the console tree, double-click Sites , and then double-click <var>sitename</var> .
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Hello
We want to migrate from work-group type network and setup an interoffice mail server and , ... with SharePoint, Exchange, outlook. There are less than 40 clients. I prefer to minimize the number of servers. Is it possible to use one system for some
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Following the directions in the Final Cut Server Setup Guide and I am running into errors. Fun with Final Cut Server. Fun with Kerberos.
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(some info redacted)
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Getting AD Domain...---
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getting kerb ticket using [email protected] got ticket
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I'm able to add AD groups in Final Cut Server Group Permissions. However, when I try logging in on the FCServer client using credentials associated with AD group I've added, I'm getting an error message from the client stating:
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I'm able to log into the client using locally created user accounts that I've created on the server so I know the client is communicating correctly.
The only thing I can find in the Console for the client machine is this:
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After rebooting ML server, unable to open active directory. Error msg is Unable to open requested node error -14006.

This active directory is a replica of master on 2nd Mac Mini server which still thinks replica is there (perhaps it is) and will not let us delete in order to recreate. Both servers are running 10.8.4. Nothing changed on either server, simply did a reboot. When we logged in, Active Directory was turned off and when trying to turn on or access received message "Unable to open the requested node. The node LDAPV3/127.0.0.1 could not be opened because of an unexpected error -14006".
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DNS server required for default route

I'm trying to find out if Apple is aware of this requirement, as it is problematic for network engineers.
The summary of the problem is that without a DNS server configured, mavericks will not activate the default route. So if you configure a DHCP scope without a DNS server, your Mac will not be able to have IP connectivity outside it's local subnet.
I blogged the details of this bug/feature: http://transmitfailure.blogspot.com/2014/02/mac-os-x-mavericks-dns-server-requir ed.html
I'd really like to hear from Apple, just to say if this is intended or not. The commenter said this is happening on 10.9.2 as well as the 10.9.1 I tested.

You're very unlikely to receive a direct response on that from Apple through these discussions.
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