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How to find date of Domain formed ?

is there way find first dc promoted in active directory domain. mean birth of domain. when first dc promo done in domain? please suggest, couldn't find anywhere. regards, soi     soi, use repadmin /showobjmeta examine attributes of 1 of built-in security principlas (e.g. built-in administrators) , check org.time/date column objectsid repadmin /showobjmeta dc_name cn=administrators,cn=builtin,dc= yourdomainname ,dc= local hth marcin Windows Server  >  Directory Services

PowerShell script to copy user

does know how copy users organizational unit? far have tried this: $sname = read-host "please enter login initials of source user " $path = get-qaduser -identity $sname|select "parentcontainer" $firstname = read-host -prompt "enter first name of new user: " $lastname = read-host -prompt "enter last name of new user: " $dname = read-host "please enter logon initials of new user " $temppassword = read-host -assecurestring -prompt "enter temporary password (min. 8 characters)" $displayname = "$firstname $lastname" $preferredserver = 'dc01.scangl.com' start-sleep -s 3 set-adserversettings -preferredserver $preferredserver get-qaduser $sname -export|new-qaduser -parentcontainer $path -name $displayname -samaccountname $dname -displayname $displayname -firstname $firstname -lastname $lastname -userpassword $temppassword but $path not working. it work, if set exact path, great if copying ...

WSUS updates file location is empty

we using gfi , moved wsus-  setup wsus server-  setup computer groups in wsus- setup gpo's- servers , computers have checked in- have approved updates- when in wsuscontent folder see many directories there no updates in directories- any ideas?  when in wsuscontent folder see many directories there no updates in directories- inspect applicationeventlog eventid 364s. lawrence garvin, m.s., mcsa, mcitp:ea, mcdba solarwinds head geek microsoft mvp - software packaging, deployment & servicing (2005-2014) mvp profile: http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/lawrence%20r%20garvin-32101 http://www.solarwinds.com/gotmicrosoft the views expressed on post mine , not reflect views of solarwinds. Windows Server  >  WSUS ...

Missing SYSVOL and Netlogon share after server bare-metal restore

hello! i dealing problem on server 2008 sp2 x86. after bare metal restore, have lost sysvol , netlogon shares. when checked windows sysvol folder has: domain/policies , domain/scripts folders. the error messages are: "the netlogon service not create server share c:\windows\sysvol\sysvol.  following error occurred: system cannot find file specified." "the file replication service cannot replicate c:\windows\sysvol\domain because pathname of customer designated staging directory:    c:\windows\sysvol\staging\domain  is not qualified pathname of existing, accessible local directory." "the netlogon service not create server share c:\windows\sysvol\sysvol\bbe.local\scripts.  following error occurred: system cannot find path specified." the processing of group policy failed. windows attempted read file \\mydomin.name\sysvol\mydomainname\policies\{xxxx-xxxx}\gpt.ini domain controller , not successful. group policy...

Licence error : verification of members outside domain

hi everybody, we have error on our server windows server 2012 r2 essential. title : licence error : verification of members outside domain. description : the field outside members of audit strategy in environment has detected a condition that does not comply license strategy. this server can be in a workgroup or a domain controller . resolution : make sure the server in a workgroup or a domain is controller . our client has insert server in domain problem not solved. do know if this requires a purchase of a license extension ? the other question is their server ( this server runs a company of 100 people! ) stopped the last weekend , and seems that it is due to this ... do know if this can happen ? thanks lot help! adding essentials limited 25 users , 50 computers, while essentials role on server standard or data center has no such limits: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn280940.aspx and: http://www.microsoft.com/e...

2008 VM installation on G6 server takes long...

hp ml350 g6 4g ram (will expanded 16gb) raid 1 (2x146gb) server 2k8 r2 hyper-v raid 5 (3x146gb) vms 1. no problems server , hyper-v install. 2. first vm, 2gb ram assigned- 2008 r2 std took 50 minutes! never saw this. 15 minutes on clone hyper-v. 3. after installation host available memory 1700mb. the vm looks good. what cause installation issue. storage configuration? thx. "when hit wrong note it's next note makes or bad". miles davis another symptom have seen can affct specific hardware. server x install slow while server y install stupid fast. they both have local disks of same speed, both configured identically..the differece install experience. in end see little discussion beleive related emulation vm running in during os installation phase.  has how emulation interacts underlying physical ram , cpu. some might call bug, might flash bios, might update latest hypervisor, might try re-configuring vm, might suggest different hardware, , ...

Failover cluster decisions on "resource offline stuck"

environment os = windows2008/2012 query - when resource stuck in offline pending state happen ? can mention anywhere forcefully offline resource ? any comment appreciated. thanks. zahid haseeb. also, failed resource depended service or application fail. Windows Server  >  High Availability (Clustering)