[FATAL] Kerberos does not have a ticket for "SERVER"$ Error - Netd

[Guest]

I would seem to be suffering the exact opposite of KB article 870692. I have
prepared a new Windows 2000 member server in a Windows 2003 domain (reusing
an old 2000 licence) I am running through the checklist before I install
Exchange 2003 on this box & get the above error when running netdiag.
Microsoft acknowledges the problem in the KB article above when it is a 2003
member server in a 2000 domain. If checked the event viewer, turned on
security auditing & kerberos auditing to no avail. Tried klist ticket, klist
tgt etc. - doesn't seem to be an issue here. I've forced kerberos to use TCP
& not UDP. Not sure where to go next unless this is an artifact of the same
bug as mentioned in the KB article.

Does anyone have similar experience to mine? Any help gratefully accepted.
Nick.

 

[Steve Duff [MVP]]

I believe you are seeing the same problem, and it is a netdiag 2000 bug. Unless you are seeing server events logged relating to this
or you are having authentication or replication problems and the error is strictly from netdiag I wouldn't be too worried about it.
(If you have other symptoms that is definitely a different story.)

Curiousity compels me though it isn't related to your question: if you already have a 2003 domain I assume you already have CALs and
so I'm wondering why would you be installing 2K Server to host Exchange 2003? The improvements for Exchange 2003 under Server 2003
are modest but still valuable.

Steve Duff, MCSE, MVP
Ergodic Systems, Inc.

 

[Guest]

Maybe he's sticking with W2K to save money. He is reusing a license from a
decommissioned box, I believe. The modest improvements probably aren't worth
the $1000 price tag for the OS.

 

[Guest]

Steve, thanks for he respone. Everything is pointing to a netdiag bug .

And Charlie, below, is right. If I believed the benefits of using W2K3 with
Ex2003 justified the $1000 justified thw price tag, I would use it,.e.g. I
find Terminal Services in 2k3 much better than in 2k. However, by saving the
$1000 I can put that towards something else. I find that when I lay out these
kinds of savings to my CEO & show where the money that was saved was then
used, when it comes to getting the latest & greatest, when I need it, I get
no argument from him as he trusts I am doing it for the right reasons. I know
that in many organizations (that still seem to have money to burn) this might
not be an approach that has any benefit, but when working for a small,
privately held, $25M company it gets noticed & is appreciated. I still buy
the CALs of the newest OS as these, generally, can be "dumbed down" to the OS
of the previous generation.

Regards & my thanks,
Nick.

 

[Steve Duff [MVP]]

I fully respect the money issue. In the interest of completeness, if you're really being quoted $1,000 for a bare open license for
W2K3 Server Std, you should get another quote.

Steve Duff, MCSE, MVP
Ergodic Systems, Inc.