I assume the server is not a DC. I assume you know the NetBIOS name of the
machine. You can search for the object in ADUC by filtering on
sAMAccountName, which is the NetBIOS name of the machine with "$" appended
on the end. Use "View", "Filter Options...", select "Create custom filter",
click "Customize", select the "Advanced" tab and enter an LDAP query similar
to:
(sAMAccountName=MyComputer$)
where the NetBIOS name is "MyComputer". Also, you can use this filter with
csvde or ldidfe. Or, you can use the NameTranslate object in a VBScript
program to convert the Domain\sAMAccountName of the object to the
distinguishedName, which reveals it's location in AD. A VBScript example:
=============
' Constants for the NameTranslate object.
Const ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC = 3
Const ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4 = 3
Const ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1
' Specify the NetBIOS name of the domain and the NT name
' of the object. Computer names have "$" appended.
strNTName = "MyDomain\MyComputer$"
' Use the NameTranslate object to convert the NT name to the
' Distinguished Name.
Set objTrans = CreateObject("NameTranslate")
' Initialize NameTranslate by locating the Global Catalog.
objTrans.Init ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC, ""
' Use the Set method to specify the NT format of the object name.
objTrans.Set ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4, strNTName
' Use the Get method to retrieve the RPC 1779 Distinguished Name.
strDN = objTrans.Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779)
Wscript.Echo strDN
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Richard
Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
Hilltop Lab -
http://www.rlmueller.net
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I guess I left out the obvious, it's not in the Computers container.
> That's the first place I had checked. Any other ideas?
>
> Jorge Silva wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> If the server isn't a DC it does show up in ADSS, and isn't in the Domain
>> Controllers OU Either.
>> Check computers container (default for computers and member servers).
>> --
>> I hope that the information above helps you
>>
>> Good Luck
>> Jorge Silva
>> MCSA
>> Systems Administrator
>>
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I have a 2000 Server that is not showing up in Active Directory. If I
>> > browse the network which consists of 6 other 2000 servers, I don't see
>> > it either. I can ping the server name and it responds, it lists in
>> > DNS. I tried removing the Server from the domain (not a domain
>> > controller), setting it to a workgroup, then joining it back to the
>> > domain; same problem. This server actually is used as my Terminal
>> > Services server, and is used quite frequently, so there aren't any
>> > issues connecting to it on the network. If I go into ADSIEdit or
>> > Active Directory Sites and Services, the server isn't listed in there
>> > either. Should I try adding them in there, or should I go about it in
>> > a more thorough approach? The reason I need to have this show up is
>> > that I can't install Backup Exec Remote Agent onto this server since it
>> > doesn't list in the network. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>
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