E
Endre
Hi,
I'm experimenting with a software called VMware, which
lets you build up images of virtual machines. The software
is not really of concern, for all intents and purposes the
result is a totally simulated machine with it's own
installation of windows, own instance on the network, it's
own IP. The only complications I can see are the fact that
these images can be copied in order to create several
variants without starting from scratch every time. When
this is done the copy virtual machine is started up and I
assign it a new computer name so that doubles will not
occur...
However, I've been having the problem that users of a
domain that have been granted access to the virtual
machines are spontaneously being unresolved. What I mean
is that all user accounts that have previously been
granted access to the virtual machine can no longer log on
due to the following error message:
"The system cannot log you on to this domain because the
system's computer account in its primary domain is missing
or the password on that account is incorrect."
The only way to log on is to use the local machine logins,
(such as "administrator") which do not suffer from this
problem. Once logged on, if you view the users and groups
properties in computer management, the domain users
accounts display as "\S-1-5-21-85988...etc".
After all this time I have not been able to isolate a
solid pattern or cause to when and why this occurs, so I'm
starting to think It's not related to VMware. A coworker
has some experience with this effect when using Norton
Ghost, where if he saves an image of a computer that is
connected to a domain, when the image is reloaded the
computer must manually be disconnected and then
reconnected to the domain in order to resolve the domain
users and groups. I believe this similarity is the key,
and of course I can resolve the virtual machines the same
way temporarily, but I'm not sure how to resolve this
permanently. I heard it may have something to do with a
kind of machine ID that expires?
At first I thought it was just a fluke or related to some
other problem and I could clean it up, but it's getting to
the point that I've spent half my time just logging in to
fix these errors, which I see now reoccur continuously.
Does anyone have any ideas as to a resolution, or at least
identify what is causing the machines to unresolve the
user accounts? Please, any input is appreciated and
needed!!! :'(
Thanks!!!
I'm experimenting with a software called VMware, which
lets you build up images of virtual machines. The software
is not really of concern, for all intents and purposes the
result is a totally simulated machine with it's own
installation of windows, own instance on the network, it's
own IP. The only complications I can see are the fact that
these images can be copied in order to create several
variants without starting from scratch every time. When
this is done the copy virtual machine is started up and I
assign it a new computer name so that doubles will not
occur...
However, I've been having the problem that users of a
domain that have been granted access to the virtual
machines are spontaneously being unresolved. What I mean
is that all user accounts that have previously been
granted access to the virtual machine can no longer log on
due to the following error message:
"The system cannot log you on to this domain because the
system's computer account in its primary domain is missing
or the password on that account is incorrect."
The only way to log on is to use the local machine logins,
(such as "administrator") which do not suffer from this
problem. Once logged on, if you view the users and groups
properties in computer management, the domain users
accounts display as "\S-1-5-21-85988...etc".
After all this time I have not been able to isolate a
solid pattern or cause to when and why this occurs, so I'm
starting to think It's not related to VMware. A coworker
has some experience with this effect when using Norton
Ghost, where if he saves an image of a computer that is
connected to a domain, when the image is reloaded the
computer must manually be disconnected and then
reconnected to the domain in order to resolve the domain
users and groups. I believe this similarity is the key,
and of course I can resolve the virtual machines the same
way temporarily, but I'm not sure how to resolve this
permanently. I heard it may have something to do with a
kind of machine ID that expires?
At first I thought it was just a fluke or related to some
other problem and I could clean it up, but it's getting to
the point that I've spent half my time just logging in to
fix these errors, which I see now reoccur continuously.
Does anyone have any ideas as to a resolution, or at least
identify what is causing the machines to unresolve the
user accounts? Please, any input is appreciated and
needed!!! :'(
Thanks!!!