2000 Server not listed in Active Directory

[Koolman365]

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.

 

[Jorge Silva]

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).
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I hope that the information above helps you

Good Luck
Jorge Silva
MCSA
Systems Administrator

 

[Koolman365]

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?

 

[Richard Mueller]

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