wesleyw Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 How long does your main server stay on the preparing Network connections screen? Mines about 20 minutes. It does DNS, DHCP, WSUS and Print Manager Plus Wes
Geoff Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 About 5 seconds. Somethings broke there (probably DNS). Do you have the server pointing it's dns to another DC?
edie209 Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Can't say I have really have timed mine but I would estimate about 30 - 40 seconds at the most mine run dns file and print dhcp.
Simcfc73 Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Mine used to do this. I unplugged the network cable when I rebooted then plugged it back in when it got to the logon screen. My problem seemed to fix itself.
ChrisH Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Mine used to do this. I unplugged the network cable when I rebooted then plugged it back in when it got to the logon screen. My problem seemed to fix itself. Thats because its looking for something it cant find and gives up when it detects the link has gone down.
Simcfc73 Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Thing is it never used to let me log on when the cable wasn't plugged in.
wesleyw Posted June 22, 2006 Author Posted June 22, 2006 Okay found a few issues in the DNS: Forward Lookup Zone: Event ID 4007 The DNS server was unable to open zone qmgs.internal in the Active Directory from the application directory partition DomainDnsZones.qmgs.internal. 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. Reverse Lookup Zone The DNS server was unable to open zone 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa in the Active Directory from the application directory partition DomainDnsZones.qmgs.internal. 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. And finally Event ID 4013 The DNS server was unable to open the Active Directory. This DNS server is configured to use directory service information and can not operate without access to the directory. The DNS server will wait for the directory to start. If the DNS server is started but the appropriate event has not been logged, then the DNS server is still waiting for the directory to start. Any ideas? Wes
wesleyw Posted June 22, 2006 Author Posted June 22, 2006 c:\nltest /dsgetdc:qmgs.internal DC: \\qmgsdc1.qmgs.internal Address: \\192.168.0.1 Dom Guid: 975d96d5-6388-4a36-b496-c6546ac53ae4 Dom Name: qmgs.internal Forest Name: qmgs.internal Dc Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name Our Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name Flags: PDC GC DS LDAP KDC TIMESERV GTIMESERV WRITABLE DNS_DC DNS_DOMAIN DNS_FOREST CLOSE_SITE The command completed successfully This is what nltest reported! Wes
Geoff Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 See my previous post. You need to point your DC's DNS at another DC.
Joedetic Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 The old APC software had used to do something that.
DMcCoy Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 2003 startup speed depends on a number of factors, including weather and poultry sacrifices With my *many* installs of 2003 over the years, it just depends on the fact that sometimes it might start its services before it has finished initalising the domain ones. I often find this problem and associated *cosmetic* errors go away after the server is used as extra services and drivers slow the boot and alter the order in which services are started. As Geoff said, a second DC will fix this if it is used as a second dns server for the first dc. Then windows can perform all the required lookups without delay. Not that this help when I have to take both dcs offline, but then I boot one, wait for the 20 long minutes, boot the second which boots as normal, when its finished I reboot the first to remove any possible issues.
Kyle Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 @Geoff See my previous post. You need to point your DC's DNS at another DC Excuse for for possibly asking a daft question but.....We have 2 DC's but only one has DNS, our DC running DNS takes an age (at least 10 Min's) to log do the networking log on bit as well. Do i need to set up DNS on the second DC and point the first DC to it?
DMcCoy Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 @Geoff See my previous post. You need to point your DC's DNS at another DC Excuse for for possibly asking a daft question but.....We have 2 DC's but only one has DNS, our DC running DNS takes an age (at least 10 Min's) to log do the networking log on bit as well. Do i need to set up DNS on the second DC and point the first DC to it? yes, as secondary dns server on the tcp/ip, I might have set mine up as a forwarder actually, can't remember atm - will check tomorrow
wesleyw Posted June 23, 2006 Author Posted June 23, 2006 So if I point it at our Unix box for instance would that mean it may boot quickly without me having to sacrifice chickens and goats? Wes
Geoff Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 No, you need to point it at another windows DC running DNS.
DMcCoy Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 Another DC running the same domain running dns in fact
wesleyw Posted June 23, 2006 Author Posted June 23, 2006 Right tried that. Time from Restarting server back to logon screen about 6 -7 minutes which isn't bad. Still getting quite a few weird issues so I've decided sod it rebuild them from scratch! Won't take more than a day anyway! Wes
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