In Server Manager  Windows Server 2012 you can easy start performance counters by selectiong All Servers - Right Click the server and Select Start Performance Counters, but..

How can reverse this setting, I mean how can stop the Performance Counters so the option is back on the list?

Hello Everyone,

             I have a server 2008 r2 standard x64 bit. when I try to access the event viewer it closing automatically several times. please help me to solve this issue.

Thank You.

Hello all,

I've just installed Windows Server 2012 R2 on a server and have updated it.

I am having two problems.

1. When I start the server and log in as the Local Administrator account it opens up Server Manager and it comes up with an error on the flag at the top saying the Automatic refresh failed.

It also has a red flag on Manageability, when I click in it, it gives me this message: Online - Cannot get role and feature data.

When I go to add a role it gives me a message saying The request to list features available on the specified server failed. The operation cannot be completed, because the server that you specified requires a restart.

2. I cannot update Windows and always fails.

I have looked through a lot of forums and have also tried the methods here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13444.windows-server-2012-server-manager-troubleshooting-guide-part-ii-troubleshoot-manageability-status-errors-in-server-manager.aspx#Additional_resources

and here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/jj205470

I don't understand what is wrong with this server, it's a fresh install and is causing this problem.

Can somebody please help me with this problem.

Thanks,

Aminul

Dear Friends,

Although we have many threads on  this, my scene is different.

I couldn't justify my management whether it is an attack or a configuration issue.

Actual network Diagram

Internet - > Perimeter Router ->  Firewall->Anti Email Spam server (in DMZ)(192.168.112.13 / GITSSBG01)-> Firewall-> Exchange server + AD (internal)

Background : There was a merger/aquisition of X and Y companies where the  domain controller (not all users but Only few users say[ (50 users which includes CEO, few directors)] of a X company (e.g microsoftmany.com) has been merged / migrated to  Y Company (e.g microsoftone.com).

Now for some reasons these 50 user accounts are getting locked out randomly for last 2-3 years and now even at a faster pace (more than 150 attempts in 3 minutes).

I am pretty much confident that it is not an activesync issue, application integration issue or service account issue, password change issue or conficker issue.

Because Activesync : should happen for all the users at slower pace

Application Integration : Event id and logs doesn't show that info

Service account : Cannot be service account as 50 users are getting locked out.

I used account lock out tools from Microsoft / Netwrix but all pointing to one server (that is Anti Spam Mail server) which is using Symantec Brightmail Anti spam solution.

For your information : This server is part of a domain and also used as mail relay service.

For my surprise, i could see the following on the event viewer on that (192.168.113.12/Bright mail Server)

On Security logs I can see the following:

The most confusing part is why is it happening for old users and not for new users in the domain.

Need your support or input on this. Thanks

I hava a Cisco 3400 ME with single physical port available for cable connection.The ISP give me an interface IP = 89.120.29.89 for act as gateway for host IP, which is next in sequence 89.120.29.90.The host computer  is a dual Xeon computer with two NIC cards one for LAN and one for WAN.

The scopes : to install a windows 2008 server R2 between public network and private network.

    The desired configuration : 

To have WS2008R2 installed with his roles behind a RRAS  a. without VPN ;   b. with VPN and to have WAN access for client computers from private LAN have Windows 7 OS.(The LAN pool of address 192.168.0.1-255).

First step : To have internet access in browser (I use Google chrome) (no take to consider DNS or AD rolesi reinstalled a clean windows 2008 server no dns or AD roles installed ,only RRAS role single role installed , the simplest role configuration)

Network configuration :

WAN NIC, on top of link stack in Control Panel/Network and Sharing Connections:

            Host IP :   89.120.29.90            Mask   :   255.255.255.252        Gateway   :    89.120.29.89

            DNS : 193.231.100.130 my ISP name server address .

Ok , i can browse on internet.

Second Step.

Server WAN NIC which is connected directly to Cisco Router :

     Local Area Conection 3

                  Properties :   

           Client for Microsoft Netwaork                : not checked

           Network Load Balancing                        : not checked

           File and Printer Shared                          : not checked

           QoSPacketScheduler                              : not checked ;

           Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Driver        : not checked 

           IPv4                                                       :  checked

           Link Layer Topology Mapper I/O driver  : checked

           Link Layer Discover Responder              : checked

                     IPv4 Tab 

              Host IP   :   89.120.29.90

              Mask      :   255.255.255.252

           Gateway   :    89.120.29.89

          DNS : 193.231.100.130 my ISP name server address .

                    under Advanced Tab 

                  IP settings : same that in IPV4 Tab with Automatic metric checked ;

                  DNS Tab :

                         Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes   : not checked

                         Append parent  suffixes of  the primary DNS suffixes    : not checked 

                         Append this DNS suffixes                                           : none

                         Register this connection addresses in DNS                   : not checked ;

                         Use this connection DNS suffixes in DNS registration    : not checked ;

                  WINS tab : Enable LMHOST lookup : not checked 

                                   Enable NetBios over TCP IP : not check ;

                                   Disable NetBios over TCP IP  : checked ;  

                  Local area connection 2

                    Properties : 

           Client for Microsoft Netwaork :  checked

           Network Load Balancing : no

           File and Printer Shared :  checked

           QoS  Packet Scheduler : not checked ;

           Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Driver  : no checked 

           IPv4 checked

           Link Layer Topology Mapper I/O driver  : checked

           Link Layer Discover Responder              : checked

                              IPv4 Tab 

                           LAN NIC  :192.168.0.101

                                Mask  :255.255.255.0

                           Gateway   :192.168.0.1

                under  Advanced Tab :

                              IP settings: same that in IPV4 Tab with Automatic metric checked ;

                              DNS Tab :

                         Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes   : checked

                         Append parent  suffixes of  the primary DNS suffixes    : not checked 

                         Append this DNS suffixes                                           : none

                         Register this connection addresses in DNS                   : checked ;

                         Use this connection DNS suffixes in DNS registration    : checked ;

                           WINS tab : Enable LMHOST lookup : not checked 

                                   Enable NetBios over TCP IP :  check ;

                                   Disable NetBios over TCP IP  : not checked ;  

Install RRAS as Network Address Translation (NAT) under no condition imposed by DHCP(not installed) in ideea that RRAS will generate the private IP by DHCP allocator. Anyway, for the beginning i have a fix IP, not obtained IP in automated way.At this point , we have the simple posible configuration for RRAS  follows :

Lan Connection 3 which corespond to WAN interface-IP :

                  "Configured NAT for the following Internet interface:Local Area Connection 3
             Clients on the local-area network will be assigned IP addresses from the following range:

                                    network address:192.168.0.0; network mask 255.255.0.0".

 After the RRAS windows is opened :

                     Under Network Interfaces tab :

                             Both Nic are enabled  and connected ;

                     Remote Access Logging & Policies :

                              Launch NPS , 

                             under NPS tab :

                                   Authorize to Active Directories succesful :

                                      Properties : authentification : port 1812,1645

                                                        accountin           port 1813,1646 ;

                              under Accounting tab : nothing ;

                              under NPS policies:

                                         Grant permission for RRAS server under builin\Administrator accounts ;

                                         Policy enabled and type of server unspecified (NAT do not exist as entry in server drop dwn list)

                              under static route : nothing ;

                              under IPv4 /General tab both connection are there(there IP) and are up

                              under NAT

                                          Local area connection 3 : public interface connected to internet

                                          enable NAT on this interface :

                              under address pool : ISP public addresses ;(two addresses)

                              under service and ports : Web Server : http 80 ;

                       ( i have i mind a static IP for client computer ; i configure a single client).

     At client computer :

          configured as domain client and added to AD Users and AD computer 

           logon to domain : 

  Local Area Conection  

                  Properties :    

           Client for Microsoft Netwaork                : checked

           Network Load Balancing                        : not checked

           File and Printer Sharing                          : checked

           QoS Packet Scheduler                             :  checked ;

           Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Driver       : not checked 

           IPv4                                                     ;  checked 

           Link Layer Topology Mapper I/O driver  : checked

           Link Layer Discover Responder              : checked

                     IPv4 Tab 

              Host IP :   192.168.0.101

                Mask   :   255.255.0.0

          Gateway   :  

              DNS : (added automated the same as local machine ) .

                    under Advanced Tab 

                  IP settings : same that in IPV4 Tab with Automatic metric checked ;

                  DNS Tab :

                         Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes   :  checked

                         Append parent  suffixes of  the primary DNS suffixes    : not checked 

                         Append this DNS suffixes                                           : none

                         Register this connection addresses in DNS                   :  checked ;

                         Use this connection DNS suffixes in DNS registration    :  checked ;

                  WINS tab : Enable LMHOST lookup : not checked 

                                   Enable NetBios over TCP IP :  checked ;

                                   Disable NetBios over TCP IP  : not checked ;  

at this moment the client 192.168.0.101 can not connect to  internet through RRAS.

I hava a Cisco 3400 ME with single physical port available for cable connection.The ISP give me an interface IP = 89.120.29.89 for act as gateway for host IP, which is next in sequence 89.120.29.90.The host computer  is a dual Xeon computer with two NIC cards one for LAN and one for WAN.

The scopes : to install a windows 2008 server R2 between public network and private network.

    The desired configuration : 

To have WS2008R2 installed with his roles behind a RRAS  a. without VPN ;   b. with VPN and to have WAN access for client computers from private LAN have Windows 7 OS.(The LAN pool of address 192.168.0.1-255).

First step : To have internet access in browser (I use Google chrome) (no take to consider DNS or AD rolesi reinstalled a clean windows 2008 server no dns or AD roles installed ,only RRAS role single role installed , the simplest role configuration)

Network configuration :

WAN NIC, on top of link stack in Control Panel/Network and Sharing Connections:

            Host IP :   89.120.29.90            Mask   :   255.255.255.252        Gateway   :    89.120.29.89

            DNS : 193.231.100.130 my ISP name server address .

Ok , i can browse on internet.

Second Step.

Server WAN NIC which is connected directly to Cisco Router :

     Local Area Conection 3

                  Properties :   

           Client for Microsoft Netwaork                : not checked

           Network Load Balancing                        : not checked

           File and Printer Shared                          : not checked

           QoSPacketScheduler                              : not checked ;

           Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Driver        : not checked 

           IPv4                                                       :  checked

           Link Layer Topology Mapper I/O driver  : checked

           Link Layer Discover Responder              : checked

                     IPv4 Tab 

              Host IP   :   89.120.29.90

              Mask      :   255.255.255.252

           Gateway   :    89.120.29.89

          DNS : 193.231.100.130 my ISP name server address .

                    under Advanced Tab 

                  IP settings : same that in IPV4 Tab with Automatic metric checked ;

                  DNS Tab :

                         Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes   : not checked

                         Append parent  suffixes of  the primary DNS suffixes    : not checked 

                         Append this DNS suffixes                                           : none

                         Register this connection addresses in DNS                   : not checked ;

                         Use this connection DNS suffixes in DNS registration    : not checked ;

                  WINS tab : Enable LMHOST lookup : not checked 

                                   Enable NetBios over TCP IP : not check ;

                                   Disable NetBios over TCP IP  : checked ;  

                  Local area connection 2

                    Properties : 

           Client for Microsoft Netwaork :  checked

           Network Load Balancing : no

           File and Printer Shared :  checked

           QoS  Packet Scheduler : not checked ;

           Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Driver  : no checked 

           IPv4 checked

           Link Layer Topology Mapper I/O driver  : checked

           Link Layer Discover Responder              : checked

                              IPv4 Tab 

                           LAN NIC  :192.168.0.101

                                Mask  :255.255.255.0

                           Gateway   :192.168.0.1

                under  Advanced Tab :

                              IP settings: same that in IPV4 Tab with Automatic metric checked ;

                              DNS Tab :

                         Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes   : checked

                         Append parent  suffixes of  the primary DNS suffixes    : not checked 

                         Append this DNS suffixes                                           : none

                         Register this connection addresses in DNS                   : checked ;

                         Use this connection DNS suffixes in DNS registration    : checked ;

                           WINS tab : Enable LMHOST lookup : not checked 

                                   Enable NetBios over TCP IP :  check ;

                                   Disable NetBios over TCP IP  : not checked ;  

Install RRAS as Network Address Translation (NAT) under no condition imposed by DHCP(not installed) in ideea that RRAS will generate the private IP by DHCP allocator. Anyway, for the beginning i have a fix IP, not obtained IP in automated way.At this point , we have the simple posible configuration for RRAS  follows :

Lan Connection 3 which corespond to WAN interface-IP :

                  "Configured NAT for the following Internet interface:Local Area Connection 3
             Clients on the local-area network will be assigned IP addresses from the following range:

                                    network address:192.168.0.0; network mask 255.255.0.0".

 After the RRAS windows is opened :

                     Under Network Interfaces tab :

                             Both Nic are enabled  and connected ;

                     Remote Access Logging & Policies :

                              Launch NPS , 

                             under NPS tab :

                                   Authorize to Active Directories succesful :

                                      Properties : authentification : port 1812,1645

                                                        accountin           port 1813,1646 ;

                              under Accounting tab : nothing ;

                              under NPS policies:

                                         Grant permission for RRAS server under builin\Administrator accounts ;

                                         Policy enabled and type of server unspecified (NAT do not exist as entry in server drop dwn list)

                              under static route : nothing ;

                              under IPv4 /General tab both connection are there(there IP) and are up

                              under NAT

                                          Local area connection 3 : public interface connected to internet

                                          enable NAT on this interface :

                              under address pool : ISP public addresses ;(two addresses)

                              under service and ports : Web Server : http 80 ;

                       ( i have i mind a static IP for client computer ; i configure a single client).

     At client computer :

          configured as domain client and added to AD Users and AD computer 

           logon to domain : 

  Local Area Conection  

                  Properties :    

           Client for Microsoft Netwaork                : checked

           Network Load Balancing                        : not checked

           File and Printer Sharing                          : checked

           QoS Packet Scheduler                             :  checked ;

           Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Driver       : not checked 

           IPv4                                                     ;  checked 

           Link Layer Topology Mapper I/O driver  : checked

           Link Layer Discover Responder              : checked

                     IPv4 Tab 

              Host IP :   192.168.0.101

                Mask   :   255.255.0.0

          Gateway   :  

              DNS : (added automated the same as local machine ) .

                    under Advanced Tab 

                  IP settings : same that in IPV4 Tab with Automatic metric checked ;

                  DNS Tab :

                         Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes   :  checked

                         Append parent  suffixes of  the primary DNS suffixes    : not checked 

                         Append this DNS suffixes                                           : none

                         Register this connection addresses in DNS                   :  checked ;

                         Use this connection DNS suffixes in DNS registration    :  checked ;

                  WINS tab : Enable LMHOST lookup : not checked 

                                   Enable NetBios over TCP IP :  checked ;

                                   Disable NetBios over TCP IP  : not checked ;  

at this moment the client 192.168.0.101 can not connect to  internet through RRAS.

I have a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Virtual Machine, patched to the latest Microsoft Hotfixes/Patches available.  This server was a member of a Workgroup and was joined to a domain.  As part of the domain join process the server was renamed, rebooted, then successfully joined to the domain.

After the domain join the scheduled tasks that were working & displaying when the server was in a Workgroup would not display or run at all.  I did a shutdown and startup of the VM to make sure it was a clean startup of the server and it did not resolve the issue.  There were a couple of AT commands that I temporarily renamed thinking they may have been causing a hang of the scheduler service.  Neither of these attempts resolved the issue.

I finally placed the server back in a workgroup and the issue was resolved.  At first I thought it might be Domain GPO related but I also joined two other Windows 2008 R2 servers to the same domain and the Computers were in the same OU within AD and they did not experience the problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what might have caused this issue?

So far my searches have not turned up an explanation as to why this particular issue occurred.

What administrator tool do I use to active device cals on a single server?  I recently installed Server 2012 R2  on a stand along server.

I purchased a server license and 50 device cals.  I was able to activate the server with no problems. The support center told me to

use Remote Desktop to active the cals.  Will this work if I have only a single server? 

Stumped, please help;

Worked on Friday, Monday it doesn't work, no changes over the weekend that I can find.

2008 domain, 2008R2 DC's

The certificate is not expired

The port is open

LDAP works with no issues

I have deleted the certificate, and had a new one issued from the domain CA, still doesn't work.

The certificate path shows ok, but could it be something with the Microsoft CA? Or theDomain Controller Authentication Template?

LDP.EXE returns this;

-----------

0x0 = ldap_unbind(ld);

ld = ldap_sslinit("SERVERNAME_FQDN_HERE", 636, 1);

Error 0 = ldap_set_option(hLdap, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3);

Error 81 = ldap_connect(hLdap, NULL);

Server error: <empty>

Error <0x51>: Fail to connect to SERVERNAME_FQDN_HERE.

BlankMonkey

UPDATE:

I used this link (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321051) to get a certificate request from an InCommon CA.  I had trouble adding it, but did get it into the proper place (I think).  No change, it did not help.

Hello,

I am trying to start start a service and it begins to load and they fails out with the following error "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely manner." I have gone in the registry and added the longer record but I am still unable to start the service. Any help or ideas (i have read the KB articles) would be greatly appreciated. 

Using Win 2012 R2 PXE server, it works fine with TFTP transmission type.

Want to perform PXE boot (legacy/UEFI) with MTFTP transmission type.

So how do we configure WDS for MTFTP.

Hi there,

This morning i was greeted by a crashed terminal server.
Here is where the fun starts...
Because our network manager is on holiday, i am promoted to temporary technician...
Luckily i managed to call our Network manager and he said i should check the dump files and google for an answer.... so i did.

When i read the dumpfile, which wasnt easy since it won't open in Word or something... i saw the following error "Critical_Object_termination 0x000000f4 ntoskrnl.exe".
When i googled this, it resulted in various possible causes ranging from overheated systems to faulty SSD firmware to drivers that not happy with
eachother.

Sadly, my computer knowledge ends there... i cant make heads or tails from the dumpfile and i was hoping some of you could shed some light on the matter.
I have the dump files, but i cant seem to upload them here.
If anyonewants to help, i can send them to you.

Its a Terminal Server 2008 R2 i am told.

If you need any more info, please ask :)

Thanks in advance

Dear sir,

server manager.exe is not working in windows 2012 r2 server. after updating the software.now we cannot add and remove the roles and features.kindly help and suggestion tthis problem.

Hi everyone

I am new to server..Currently I am studying window server 2008r2..I am using virtual machine to practice ....

In my virtual machine I have create domain server and a client . Now i am trying to connect client to domain. But when i try to connect to domain server its say domain is not found. I have already create domain name Adatum.com (i am following book windows Server 2008 server adminitration training kit). Both machine are running but not able to connect. 

Can somebody please help me about it

Many thanks in advance  

When booting up on my Windows 2003 r2 Standard Edition I receive this message; "At least one service or driver could not load" I viewed the event log and in the description it "Google Update Service (gupdator) did not load in a timely fashion.

I was to change the timeout in the registy, i did that but nothing change.

I want fix clients for my web application nobody add more node  for browsing my web application. Currently my host on IIS 7

how can possible these things ? please guide me.