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View Search vCenter Server Appliance (VSA) 5.1 - Error: Invalid Active Directory Name/Enabling Active DirectoryFailed Posted on 11 November 201214 December 2012 by Craig Today, I decided to change vcenter appliance invalid active directory domain my vCenter from being Windows based to the vCenter Server Appliance (VSA)
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5.1.0a and when I tried to enter the LDAP details for Active Directory Authentication, I received various error messages: the format of the specified computer name is invalid vcenter 6 Error: Invalid Active Directory domain Error: Enabling Active Directory failed Error: Invalid SRV Records The first thing to always check is your DNS settings to make sure you have forward and reverse look up records set up correctly, check these are all OK. Next, I did a basic ping test to VMF-VSA01 which is the name of my VSA, again all working. Ah, I thought, perhaps I have entered in something wrong on the VSA network settings, so I double checked these, again all looked good. Then I remembered, that I should be using FQDN's (Fully Qualified Domain Names) for my VSA, so rather than using VMF-VSA01 I should use VMF-VSA01.vmfocus.local Another try at authenticating, and it still failed with ‘Error: Invalid Active Directory domain'. One more try, this time I changed the domain to vmfocus.local and boom, we have success! So to summarise: Make sure you use a FQDN for your vCenter Server Appliance Make sure you have forward and reverse look up record for your vCenter Server Appliance Make sure your domain is entered as a FQDN Share this:Click to email (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related Posted in vCenter, vSphereTagged vCenter, vSphere13 Comments Post navigation ← vCenter 5.1 UpgradeMy First UKVMUG → 13 thoughts on “vCenter Server Appliance (VSA) 5.1 - Error: Invalid Active Directory Name/Enabling Active DirectoryFailed” real says: 20 February 2013 at 07:18 Thanks very much. Solved my problem. Reply Andy says: 27 February 2013 at 03:33 Reverse DNS, i cant believe it. Thankyou so much, Ive spent two hours pulling my hair out Reply Pingback: vCenter Server Appliance - Active Directory Integr
vs. 5.5 vSphere 5.5 vs. 6.0 ESXi Releases ESX Releases vCenter Releases Workstation Releases Product Latest Version ESXi Image Profiles Configuration Maximums Guest Customization PowerCLI Snippets Acronyms / Abbreviations NSX NSX Glossary NSX Releases NSX Component Build Matrix NSX Communication Diagram 30 Minutes NSX Deployment NSX in Homelabs NSX Log Insight Integration NSX 6.2 Resource Calculator VSAN VSAN RVC Guide Single-Node VSAN VSAN Intel NUC Cluster Tools SCSI Sense Code Decoder Product Release Tracker End Of Support Countdown vscsiStats Grapher vCenter Events vTranslate Virten.net Howto: SSO - Simple AD https://vmfocus.com/2012/11/11/vcenter-server-appliance-5-1-error-invalid-active-directory-nameenabling-active-directory-failed/ Authentication with VMware 5.1 Posted by fgrehl on April 6, 2013 Leave a comment (4) Go to comments With vSphere 5.1 a new component called Single-Sign-On (SSO) has been introduced. The new SSO service is mandatory since 5.1. There is no way around, you have to use it. The good thing about it is that it has various authentication options and can be deployed in http://www.virten.net/2013/04/sso-simple-ad-authentication-with-vmware-5-1-and-vcsa/ an redundant fashion. Unfortunately it adds a lot of complexity to your configuration but if you understand all of it's components and functions, you won't miss it. The simplest active directory deployment works with both, the vCenter Server Appliance and a vCenter installed inside windows. This method allows you to manage users and groups in your central directory. I will concentrate on VCSA for that post because this is the only possible deployment scenario for that appliance. If you have a more complex deployment with Active Directories in trusted states check this littele howto: Howto: vSphere 5.1 SSO with trusted Active Directory Please note: The Use Windows session credentials / Use Windows session authentication checkbox does not work with this method as it requires kerberos which is provided by the RSA SSPI service. This service is not available when you are using VCSA. To make this button work in windows your vCenter Server has to belong to the domain you want to authenticate against. Open vSphere Web Client (https://
:9443/vsphere-client) Login as root (VCSA) or admin@system-domain (Windows) Navigate to Administration > Sign-On and Discovery > Configuration (If there is no Configuration e(Русский)ישראל (עברית)المملكة العربية السعودية (العربية)ไทย (ไทย)대한민국 (한국어)中华人民共和国 (中文)台灣 (中文)日本 (日本語) HomeLibraryWikiLearnGalleryDownloadsSupportForumsBlogs Ask a question Quick access Forums home Browse forums users FAQ Search related threads Remove From My Forums https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/58954750-3fab-434b-8739-8ed3c4bae268/active-directory-domain-services-was-unable-to-establish-a-connection-with-the-global-catalog?forum=smallbusinessserver Answered by: Active Directory Domain Services was unable to establish a connection with the global catalog Windows Small Business Server > Small Business Server http://documents.software.dell.com/recovery-manager-for-ad-forest-edition/8.5.1/release-notes/ Question 0 Sign in to vote AD busted after Bare metal restore to same hardware - found after the fact that 23 years ago there active directory was another domain contoller that appeared to be inproperly decomissioned - so i ran a manual removal of the old domain controller - now i have a very disturbing problem: AD sites and services missing 2 tabs - do not have "general or advanced tabs" results of dcdiag: Directory error active directory Server Diagnosis Performing initial setup: Trying to find home server... Home Server = SERVER3 * Identified AD Forest. Done gathering initial info. Doing initial required tests Testing server: Default-First-Site\SERVER3 Starting test: Connectivity ......................... SERVER3 passed test Connectivity Doing primary tests Testing server: Default-First-Site\SERVER3 Starting test: Advertising Fatal Error:DsGetDcName (SERVER3) call failed, error 1355 The Locator could not find the server. ......................... SERVER3 failed test Advertising Starting test: FrsEvent There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after the SYSVOL has been shared. Failing SYSVOL replication problems may cause Group Policy problems. ......................... SERVER3 passed test FrsEvent Starting test: DFSREvent ......................... SERVER3 passed test DFSREvent Starting test: SysVolCheck ......................... SERVER3 passed test SysVolCheck Starting test: KccEvent ..........
for AD Forest Edition 8.5.1 – Release Notes Release Notes Last revised: 4/14/2014 Previous Next Contents Release Notes Quest® Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition Version 8.5.1 Release Notes November, 2013 Contents Welcome to Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition New in This Release Resolved Issues and Enhancements Known Issues Upgrade and Compatibility System Requirements Global Operations Getting Started For More Information Welcome to Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition is designed to recover the entire Active Directory forest or specific domains in the forest. The use of Recovery Manager Forest Edition helps you to minimize the downtime caused by the corruption or improper modification of Active Directory forest and data. Recovery Manager Forest Edition simplifies and automates the process of Active Directory forest or domain recovery: it automates the manual tasks involved in the recovery, remotely quarantines corrupt domain controllers, and restores domain controllers to speed up the overall recovery and restore business operation quickly. Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition is based on patented technology. Back to Top New in This Release This release of Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition provides the following key new features: Create Virtual Test Environments. Allows you to create virtual test environments from an Active Directory forest. You can use the created test environments to design and evaluate Active Directory disaster recovery scenarios, test planned Active Directory changes before deploying them to production, train your staff to perform Active Directory-related tasks, and more. Manage Forest Recovery Agent, Domain Controllers. Provides a new tool that helps you view the currently installed Forest Recovery Agent version; install, upgrade, or uninstall the agent on domain controllers in your recovery project