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Directory Services General discussion 5 Sign in to vote It worked for me! ntdsutil active instance not set Frank Keunen IT-Pro Evangelist :: Microsoft IT Infrastructure Engineer Follow the procedure below to fix Microsoft Active Directory database problems (corrupted ntdsutil repair active directory Active Directory due to e.g memory issues/disk problems): 1. Reboot the server and press F8. Choose Directory Services Restore Mode from the Menu. 2. Check the physical location of the Winnt\NTDS\ folder. 3.
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Check the permissions on the \Winnt\NTDS folder. The default permissions are: Administrators – Full Control System – Full Control 4. Check the Winnt\Sysvol\Sysvol folder to make sure it is shared. 5. Check the permissions on the Winnt\Sysvol\Sysvol share. The default permissions are: Share Permissions: —————— Administrators – Full Control Authenticated Users – Full Control Everyone – Read NTFS Permissions: —————– Administrators – Full Control Authenticated Users – Read
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& Execute, List Folder Contents, Read Creator Owner – none Server Operators – Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read System – Full Control Note: You may not be able to change the permissions on these folders if the Active Directory database is unavailable because it is damaged, however it is best to know if the permissions are set correctly before you start the recovery process, as it may not be the database that is the problem. 6. Make sure there is a folder in the Sysvol share labeled with the correct name for their domain. 7. Open a command prompt and run NTDSUTIL to verify the paths for the NTDS.dit file. These should match the physical structure from Step 2. To check the file paths type the following commands: Start a command prompt NTDSUTIL Files Info The output should look similar to: Drive Information: C:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive) free (2.9 Gb) total (3.9 Gb) D:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive) free (3.6 Gb) total (3.9 Gb) DS Path Information: Database : C:\WINNT\NTDS\ntds.dit – 10.1 Mb Backup dir: C:\WINNT\NTDS\dsadata.bak Working dir: C:\WINNT\NTDS Log dir : C:\WINNT\NTDS – 30.0 Mb total res2.log – 10.0 Mb res1.log – 10.0 Mb edb.log – 10.0 Mb This information
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Active Directory database by Wayne Maples [Published on 20 April 2004 / Last Updated on 20 April 2004] The Ntdsutil tool may fail to repair http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2000/AdminTips/ActiveDirectory/UseEsentutlwhenNtdsutiltoolfailstorepairtheActiveDirectorydatabase.html the Active Directory database (the Ntds.dit file) and generates one or more of the following errors: Operation failed because the database was inconsistent. Initialize jet database failed; cannot http://www.aionsolution.com/blog/windows-server-2003/active-directory-database-corrupted/ access file. Error while performing soft recovery. All is not lost. You can use the Esentutl.exe tool to resolve the problem. To perform an integrity check Start a active directory command prompt Type the following command (including the quotation marks), and then press ENTER: esentutl /g "path\ntds.dit"/!10240 /8 /v /x /o where path is the path to the folder that contains the Ntds.dit db file. By default, this folder is %systemRoot%\NTDS folder. To repair the database: Type the following command (including the quotation marks), and then press repair active directory ENTER: esentutl /p "path\ntds.dit" /!10240 /8 /v /x /o Important: Delete the database log files from the Ntds folder. Do not delete or move the Ntds.dit file. Related Tips: Event ID: 1008 After Upgrading Windows NT 4.0 DHCP or WINS Server to Windows 2000 ESE Hangs Following Rollback After JetPrepareUpdate How to Recover from Event ID 1168 and Event ID 1003 Extensible Storage Engine Database Becomes Corrupted During Consistency Check Cannot Repair the Active Directory Database by Using the Ntdsutil Tool See Also See Also How To Browse NTDS.DIT Offline 13 Oct. 2008 Nirmal Sharma Active Directory database file NTDS.DIT 25 Aug. 2008 Wayne Maples Stellar Phoenix Active Directory Repair 9 March 2015 Stellar Information Technology Manual vs Fast Repair in Windows 2000 20 April 2004 Wayne Maples WSUS database corruption 11 May 2016 Mitch Tulloch Windows 2000 Domain Controller Operations Master Roles 20 April 2004 Wayne Maples What Are The Two Things Required To Recover From AD Disaster? 31 Oct. 2009 Nirmal Sharma Accessing Directory Ser
or any system state backup. It's going to cost you time (and money). We have faced this recently, here are some of the approaches and links to find the solution. http://www.mombu.com/microsoft/windows-2000-active-directory/t-event-id-474-inconsistent-ntdsdit-151743.html If you have a recent backup, we recommend you to perform restore operation right away. However if the backup is not recent, and you'll loose many objects. You can try to repair the Database, In some situation, certain configurations will be lost with this procedure. Before you start the computer in Directory Services Restore Mode, obtain the password for the offline administrator account. For more information about how to change the password in Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/ "Directory Services cannot start" error message when you start your Windows-based or SBS-based domain controller http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258062 Next step: How to Recover the Database and if it fails try How to Repair the Database (Be careful. Read carefully) http://support.microsoft.com/default…b;en-us;315131 How to complete a semantic database analysis for the Active Directory database by using Ntdsutil.exe http://support.microsoft.com/default…b;en-us;315136 If you fail to repair a corrupted Active Directory, try the following: You may try the following steps to recover the corrupted Active Directory. 1. Reboot the server and press F8. Choose Directory Services Restore Mode from the Menu. 2. Check the physical location of the Winnt\NTDS\ folder. 3. Check the permissions on the \Winnt\NTDS folder. The default permissions are: Administrators - Full Control System - Full Control 4. Check the Winnt\Sysvol\Sysvol folder to make sure it is shared. 5. Check the permissions on the Winnt\Sysvol\Sysvol share. The default permissions a