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Titel
Force the ChangeAuditor Coordinator or Agent to use a specific Global Catalog server -
Beschreibung
How to configure the Change Auditor Coordinator or Change Auditor Agent to use a specific Global Catalog server
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Ursache
Some environments may have a firewall / port blocking issue and require a Global Catalog server be manually specified, or the GC being automatically selected is remote to the Coordinator
In some instances, the Coordinator will log multiple LDAP Invalid Server Reference warnings while enumerating the server topology, and the Deployment tab does not recognize all server or the DCs as DCs. -
Lösung
The key below can be modified on a Change Auditor Coordinator server's registry, to specify the FQDN to a preferred DC/GC for the Coordinator service to use.
Please note, this will also force a Change Auditor 6.x and above Client to use the same GC
- Click Start | Run, type Regedit
- Navigate to the following Registry location:
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Quest\ChangeAuditor\Coordinator]
- Right-click the Coordinator key and select New | String Value
- Enter the following name for the value: NameResolutionGC
- Double-click the new NameResolutionGC key and enter the FQDN of the preferred Global Catalog in Value Data
- Click OK
- Restart the Change Auditor Coordinator service
The key below can be modified on a Change Auditor Agent server's registry to specify the FQDN to a preferred DC/GC for the Agent service to use
- Click Start | Run, type Regedit
- For Change Auditor 6.x and above navigate to the following Registry location:
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Quest\Agent]
- Right-click the Agent key and select New | String Value
- Enter the following name for the value: NameResolutionGC
- Double-click the new NameResolutionGC key and enter the FQDN of the preferred DC/GC in Value Data
- Click OK
- Restart the Change Auditor Agent service
NOTE: if you are using an older version, the registry path may contain a non-quest branding. Also, check DNS records. Check if DCs are able to be queried properly or not.
Disclaimer:
Quest does not provide support for problems that arise from improper modification of the registry. The Windows registry contains information critical to your computer and applications. Make sure you back up the registry before modifying it. For more information on the Windows Registry Editor and how to back up and restore it, refer to Microsoft Article ID 256986 “Description of the Microsoft Windows registry” at Microsoft Support.
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Weitere Informationen
This may also be required if the Coordinator takes a long time to start and there are warning about not being able to connect to some DCs in the Coordinator logs Information on this key can be found in the ChangeAuditor Technical Insight Guide.pdf