New domain/member server

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Lisa

Hi,

We have inherited 2 servers from a remote location that
was closed down. They are still being used in the same
manner they were before and are a separate domain from our
corporate domain. One of them is a DC and one is a member
server. We are having problems connecting to the member
server via mapped drives or patch management or backups.
We have gotten around the backup issue by using a local
account. I can also map a drive using a local account
created on the member server, just not the domain account.
I am able to log into the member server with my id created
in the new domain, however when you map a drive it says it
is an invalid id or password. However, from the DC of
this domain I can map to it. I am able to map to the DC
from our 'main' domain. Does anyone know what I might be
missing?

Thanks!
 
Hi Lisa

Can this be a DNS problem, make sure you can ping the DC by FQDN ex:
server.domain.com from the particular member server. also the other way
around from your clients and so on. Make sure clients , member servers and
DCs TCP/IP DNS settings is pointing to an DC running a Active Directory
Integrated Zone.
 
OK, here is what I have...

On the dc that this member server is a member of the
domain, the member server is in dns. I can ping the
member server by fqdn from the dc. I can not ping the dc
by fqdn from the member server.

Both the dc and the member server are in our corporate dns
and from a client in our corporate domain I can not ping
either the dc or the member server by fqdn.

Any advice?
 
I had a mistake in my first reply to this.

I had indicated that I cannot ping the dc from the member
server. That was incorrect, I can ping the dc from the
member server and the member server from the dc by fqdn.
 
DNS seems to be incorrect in the TCP/IP Settings at the member server then,
make sure it points to the Domain Controller running DNS, You should ONLY
have your local Active Directory DNS in the TCP/IP Settings for every
computer in the domain. Forgot about ISP DNS because the DNS at the Domain
Controller will query root servers for external resolve.
 
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