Category Archives: Windows 2008 R2
The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed
This guide is using the PowerShell or NETDOM tool and does not require rejoining the domain. Have you seen this? ‘The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed’ Or this? ‘The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship.’ Same issue, different symptom. I […]
Synchronize time with external NTP server on Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows Server Core/Full 2012
Time synchronization is an important aspect for all computers on the network. By default, the clients computers get their time from a Domain Controller and the Domain Controller gets his time from the domain’s PDC Operation Master. Therefore the PDC must synchronize his time from an external source. I usually use the servers listed at […]
How to change default SAN disk status from offline to online
Do you know what the SAN policy of your disks is now? If you run DISKPART> SAN it will return the current policy. Can you post the result here? I think it will be something like SAN Policy : Offline Shared In this case, I believe you’re looking for a […]
Migrate a Domain-based Namespace to Windows Server 2008 Mode
The Windows Server 2008 mode for domain-based namespaces includes support for access-based enumeration and increased scalability. To migrate a domain-based namespace from Windows 2000 Server mode to Windows Server 2008 mode, you must export the namespace to a file, delete the namespace, recreate it in Windows Server 2008 mode, and then import the namespace settings. To do so, use the […]
nslookup Default Server: UnKnown Windows 2008 R2
The problem looks like this: This was really annoying one. I checked my DNS settings maybe 1000 times and everything looked ok. Then I realised that mysterious ::1 is local host address in IPv6. Now the fix was easy. Just clear the IPv6 DNS settings in the adapter settings and set to automatic. OK that’s […]