Domain Controller Down (VM)
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
My fingers are numb. I hope I don't have an aneurysm
Take a step back, breath, and focus. This isn't anything to be stressed THAT much over. At the end of the day it's all just a heap of metal. You've isolated your problem, you're just working on what you need to do to fix it.
- restore the original failed VM to working order
If that doesn't pan out all you need to do is get a DHCP server up and running and point it at your secondary DC for DNS.
The more stressed you are the more that stress is going to reverberate through your office/users. You've got quite a few people here to help with the troubleshooting, you'll get through it.
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
My fingers are numb. I hope I don't have an aneurysm
Get a beer, relax. Seriously, or decaf tea or something. Take the time to breath. You should not be overly stressed here.
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@RamblingBiped said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
The more stressed you are the more that stress is going to reverberate through your office/users. You've got quite a few people here to help with the troubleshooting, you'll get through it.
This is important. Your calm, confident air is what will keep things in order.
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@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@RamblingBiped said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
The more stressed you are the more that stress is going to reverberate through your office/users. You've got quite a few people here to help with the troubleshooting, you'll get through it.
This is important. Your calm, confident air is what will keep things in order.
Yeah you couldn't be at a better place for help. (With the exception of me gumming up the works and requiring a thread fork.)
Take a quick walk outside if you need to clear your head. Breathe in for 5 seconds. Hold for 5 seconds. Breathe out for 5 seconds. Repeat.
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What are my next steps?
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
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@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
I do not have it anywhere any longer to make a screenshot for you..
but right click on the datastore and choose browse
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@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
I do not have it anywhere any longer to make a screenshot for you..
but right click on the datastore and choose browse
I see ESX01 and ESX02. ESX01 has the vcenter file, which is what I am accessing to view the VM's typically but nothing else
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
I do not have it anywhere any longer to make a screenshot for you..
but right click on the datastore and choose browse
I see ESX01 and ESX02. ESX01 has the vcenter file, which is what I am accessing to view the VM's typically but nothing else
Screenshots help. install greenshot if you have nothing else.
show us what you see.
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@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
I do not have it anywhere any longer to make a screenshot for you..
but right click on the datastore and choose browse
I see ESX01 and ESX02. ESX01 has the vcenter file, which is what I am accessing to view the VM's typically but nothing else
Screenshots help. install greenshot if you have nothing else.
show us what you see.
I say that because those sound like the names of the VM hosts themselves.
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@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
I do not have it anywhere any longer to make a screenshot for you..
but right click on the datastore and choose browse
I see ESX01 and ESX02. ESX01 has the vcenter file, which is what I am accessing to view the VM's typically but nothing else
Screenshots help. install greenshot if you have nothing else.
show us what you see.
I say that because those sound like the names of the VM hosts themselves.
I can't access the internet from the computers I can access the server from, which is where the screenshot would be taken. I have no cell data. I can't do it
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
I do not have it anywhere any longer to make a screenshot for you..
but right click on the datastore and choose browse
I see ESX01 and ESX02. ESX01 has the vcenter file, which is what I am accessing to view the VM's typically but nothing else
Screenshots help. install greenshot if you have nothing else.
show us what you see.
I say that because those sound like the names of the VM hosts themselves.
I can't access the internet from the computers I can access the server from, which is where the screenshot would be taken. I have no cell data. I can't do it
take the one computer that you are working from and update the DNS to point to the 8.8.8.8 and you will. you have no need for local DNS on that machine right now.
Just don't do anythig silly agian like disjoin from the domain.
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@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
I do not have it anywhere any longer to make a screenshot for you..
but right click on the datastore and choose browse
I see ESX01 and ESX02. ESX01 has the vcenter file, which is what I am accessing to view the VM's typically but nothing else
Screenshots help. install greenshot if you have nothing else.
show us what you see.
I say that because those sound like the names of the VM hosts themselves.
I can't access the internet from the computers I can access the server from, which is where the screenshot would be taken. I have no cell data. I can't do it
take the one computer that you are working from and update the DNS to point to the 8.8.8.8 and you will. you have no need for local DNS on that machine right now.
Just don't do anythig silly agian like disjoin from the domain.
I attempted that just now and cannot connect to the VM host machine using the client that way.
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
I do not have it anywhere any longer to make a screenshot for you..
but right click on the datastore and choose browse
I see ESX01 and ESX02. ESX01 has the vcenter file, which is what I am accessing to view the VM's typically but nothing else
Screenshots help. install greenshot if you have nothing else.
show us what you see.
I say that because those sound like the names of the VM hosts themselves.
I can't access the internet from the computers I can access the server from, which is where the screenshot would be taken. I have no cell data. I can't do it
Another thing to fix. I hope you are keeping a notepad handy so that you are not stressing trying to remember all these breaks for later. At least this thread will be here.
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
What are my next steps?
Can you see the datastore contents with that?
I do not have it anywhere any longer to make a screenshot for you..
but right click on the datastore and choose browse
I see ESX01 and ESX02. ESX01 has the vcenter file, which is what I am accessing to view the VM's typically but nothing else
Screenshots help. install greenshot if you have nothing else.
show us what you see.
I say that because those sound like the names of the VM hosts themselves.
I can't access the internet from the computers I can access the server from, which is where the screenshot would be taken. I have no cell data. I can't do it
take the one computer that you are working from and update the DNS to point to the 8.8.8.8 and you will. you have no need for local DNS on that machine right now.
Just don't do anythig silly agian like disjoin from the domain.
I attempted that just now and cannot connect to the VM host machine using the client that way.
Not possible. You are doing something else wrong then.
Change that machine to a static IP
point gateway to your router
point DNS to google.
confirm dns resolution and internet accessping google.com
confirm local network connectivityping 192.168.10.1(or whatever your router is)
confirm connectivity to the VMHostping 192.168.10.14 -
@wirestyle22 you can also go physically to the VMHost and log in to the console and confirm the network settings.
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That's a Windows machine. We need it from ESXi.
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
Go log in to the VMHost physically and verify the networking. Something is wrong there. likely the subnet.
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@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controller Down (VM):
That's a Windows machine. We need it from ESXi.
yes, but that is what i told him to do first and proves the machine functionality.
