Windows – Setting Domain Time
Domain Time KB ID 0000112 Problem If you have arrived here, you have either noticed that the time is wrong on your server(s) or client PC(s), or you have looked in the event viewer and seen one of the following events being logged. Event ID’s 12, 22, 29, 36, 38, 47, and 50. Time Problem Events – On the PDC Emulator Event ID 12 (W32 Time Time Provider NtpClient: This machine is configured to use {text omitted}, but it is...
PDC Emulator: Cannot Sync Time From External NTP Server
KB ID 0001464 Problem I was involved in a question on Experts Exchange this week where the asker could not get their PDC to sync time from an external NTP server. He was seeing an Event ID 12 Error; Time Provider NtpClient: This machine is configured to use the domain hierarchy to determine its time source, but it is the PDC emulator for the domain at the root of the forest, so there is no machine above it in the domain hierarchy to...
Windows – Error ‘A Good Time server could not be located’
KB ID 0000705 Problem Seen when running dcdiag, Error(s): Starting test: Advertising Warning: Server-Name is not advertising as a time server. ……………………. Server-Name failed test Advertising Running enterprise tests on : PeteNetLive.com Starting test: Intersite ……………………. PeteNetLive.com passed test Intersite Starting test: FsmoCheck...
Transferring Your FSMO Roles
FSMO Roles KB ID 0000240 Problem Note: This article is still valid, but this procedure can now be done simply with PowerShell. Windows Server – Locating, Transferring, and Seizing FSMO Roles If you are replacing a domain controller, or simply taking one offline for a while, you might want to transfer its FSMO roles to another Domain Controller. There are 5 FSMO roles which are, · Schema master – Forest-wide and one per forest. ·...
Sync Microsoft Domain Time To A Cisco NTP Device
KB ID 0001038 Problem I’ve been posting domain time articles for a long time, and on more than one occasion I’ve really needed to take my Windows time from a Cisco Device and failed miserably. I’ve even used third party NTP software to solve this problem on my own test network. On a client network, my colleague deployed ACS5 this week, I secured the ASA5585-X for AAA and it failed authentication. Logging revealed a...