Windows 2008 STD DC Virtualization

Greetings Fellow Techies,
I have Virtualized a Windows 2008 DC Server using VMware vCenter tool. Once I open the
Server using VM Player on Ubuntu the Server boots up flawlessly but Active Directory do not
work. There is no point virtualizing the DC if the Active Directory is not working. The service
show it is working. Also I have found that Ethernet Driver & Base System Driver is not been
installed as well. When I Install Windows 2008 STD Server as Clean Install on the same
configuration everything is working fine.... How do I get all thiese corrected? Do I have to re-
Virtualize the Server with may be Active Directory Service stopped etc etc... your suggestions are
appreciated very much

Hi Monketrip28,
Sorry for the delay.
"The service show it is working. Also I have found thatEthernet Driver & Base System Driver is not been installed
as well. "
According to your description , I would suggest you to install another virtual NIC for this problematic VM .
If you did not uninstall the ethernet driver , Maybe you can get further assistance from VMware forum :
https://communities.vmware.com/welcome
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I read some articles and posts about SCVMM certificate issue but I'm not using SCVMM.
More fun, I read articles about this issue but on Windows 2008 Server (not R2) : problem resolved by a fix, unapplicable on my Windows 2008 R2 :)
I'm totalyblocked and ain't got no idea how I can resolve it.
If someone gets I idea ...
Cheers,
Nicolas

Environment: Windows 8.1 in an Active Directory Domain (2012R2) with MS Certficates Services support NAP/Health Registry, etc.
Error: Attempts to start a Hyper-V VM on a machine generates the error message Error 0x80070490 trying to launch VM:
"'vm_name' could not be initialize". "Could not initialize machine remoting system. Error 'Element not found'. (0x80070490). "Could not find a usable certificate. Error: 'Element not found'. (0x80070490)."
Note:
VMM can manage other Hyper-V servers in environment from same machine, just not local machine.
VMM on remote machine generates same error message when attempting to manage new VM machine
Certificates - Service (Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management) on Local Computer shows 0 certificates under vmms\Personal
Fixes Attempted and Failed except for #5!
1) hotfix directly: Windows6.0-KB967902-x64.msu -> Failed: 0x80096002, Windows Update Standalone Installer. The certificate for the signer of the message is invalid or not found.
2) hotfix via pkgmgr: PkgMgr.exe has been deprecated. Please update scripts to use DISM.exe. 0x80070307
3) Reset Certificates:
Start > Run > MMC
Add the Certificates Snap-In
Select Service Account
Under the Select Account to Manager, select Hyper-V Image Management Service
Complete the Snap-In Wizard
Expand the Certificates under Personal Category
Notice the certificate generated has been created ‘for the future’ (assuming you’re suppose to revert the date & time to 2010, the certificate should display as invalid because it was created at 2013)
Delete the Certificate(s)
Go to the Services Console and Restart all Hyper-V Services
Result: No certificate auto generated
4) Uninstall / reinstall hyper-v service and management service addons from Windows features.
5) ‎did the following from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff935311(v=ws.10).aspx (WORKED!!! -> Note, their PS script has an error, add a dash(-) before the word recurse)
reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization" /v "DisableSelfSignedCertificateGeneration" /f /t REG_QWORD /d 1
24 ca 36 b5 bd 6d ef 7e eb aa a5 74 df e5 fd 41 ef ab 1c 29
$certs = dir cert:\ -recurse | ? { $_.Thumbprint -eq "24ca36b5bd6def7eebaaa574dfe5fd41efab1c29" }
$cert = @($certs)[0]
$location = $cert.PrivateKey.CspKeyContainerInfo.UniqueKeyContainerName
$folderlocation = gc env:ALLUSERSPROFILE
$folderlocation = $folderlocation + "\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys\"
$filelocation = $folderlocation + $location
icacls $filelocation /grant "*S-1-5-83-0:(R)"

Windows 2008 STD DC Virtualization

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