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August 2010 - Posts - Syed Khairuddin

Syed Khairuddin

August 2010 - Posts

Best Active Directory Blogs

I usually read lot of stuff on the internet about About Active Directory and I would like to share some of the blogs I usually read and update myself.

http://blogs.technet.com/activedirectoryua
http://blogs.technet.com/ad
http://blogs.technet.com/adfs
http://blogs.technet.com/adfs_documentation
http://blogs.technet.com/askds
http://blogs.technet.com/benp/archive/tags/Active+Directory/default.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/deds
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab
http://blogs.technet.com/glennl
http://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy
http://blogs.technet.com/ipv6
http://blogs.technet.com/jpntsblog
http://blogs.technet.com/janelewis
http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs
http://blogs.technet.com/mempson
http://blogs.technet.com/server_core
http://blogs.technet.com/uphclean
http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver
http://blogs.msdn.com/adpowershell
http://blogs.msdn.com/donovanf
http://blogs.msdn.com/richpec
http://blogs.msdn.com/spatdsg
http://blogs.msdn.com/ts
http://blogs.msdn.com/w32time
http://msmvps.com/blogs/ad
http://msmvps.com/blogs/ulfbsimonweidner
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/tomek
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/tags/Active+Directory/default.aspx
http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/tags/Active+Directory/default.aspx
http://imav8n.wordpress.com/category/active-directory
http://adobsession.blogspot.com
http://bsonposh.com/archives/tag/active-directory
http://www.gilkirkpatrick.com/blog
http://blog.joeware.net
http://www.open-a-socket.com/index.php/category/active-directory
http://www.sdmsoftware.com/blog/
http://jimmytheswede.blogspot.com
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/guyt
http://trycatch.be/blogs/roggenk
http://identity-des.com
http://www.identityblog.com
http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog
http://briandesmond.com/blog

Event ID 13568 Journal Wrap Entries

I am always on the Technet forums replying to the other folks having issues with the Active Directory. The most commonly asked question is about Event ID 13568. I thought I would be a good day to write about it. To understand the event Id first we have to understand about the Journal Wrap Entries I STROGLY RECOMMEND you to read this http://blogs.technet.com/b/instan/archive/2009/07/14/what-happens-in-a-journal-wrap.aspx.

According to the event ID:13568, it indicates that  there is a domain controller is in a journal wrap state that the reason above I indicated to read the blog entry.

To troubleshoot the cause of a journal wrap, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:292438 Troubleshooting Journal_Wrap Errors on Sysvol and DFS Replica Sets

 

After you determine the cause of a journal wrap or after you have taken steps to prevent future journal wraps, at a convenient time,make the following changes to the registry:

1. Stop FRS.

2. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

3. Locate and click the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NtFrs\Parameters\Backup/Restore/Process
at Startup

4. On the Edit menu, click Add Value , and then add the following registry value:

Value name: BurFlags
Data type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Hexadecimal
Value data: D2

5. Quit Registry Editor.

6. Restart FRS.

How Do I Remove Stale Well Known Object Entries From Active Directory

Last night I was Deploying Exchange 2010 at one of my customers end and when ever I was trying to prepare the active directory using the command setup /PrepareAD I was stopped with an error .

 

Resolution:

  1. Run Ldp.exe, expand Configuration, expand Services, and then double-click Microsoft Exchange.
  2. Right-click Microsoft Exchange and select Modify.
  3. Type otherWellknownObjects in the Edit Entry Attribute text box.
  4. Select the Delete option button.
  5. In the Ldp.exe results pane, find otherWellknownObjects.

Copy the entry, paste the entry into the Values text box of the Modify dialog box, and then press ENTER.

 

 

Note:

Make sure that you do not leave the Values field and Entry List blank, because this will delete all entries in the otherWellKnownObjects attribute, potentially including values that you did not want to delete. Finally, to execute the command, click Run.