How to start IsmServ?

[Dieter Visser]

Hello,

Lately I'm getting errors in the eventlog of the Directory Service. The
message suggested to run DCDIAG. I did and the result was that the service
ISMSERV stopped on both the PDC and the BDC.

What does this mean and how can I correct this? I could not find any answers
I could understand.

Our system is (was) running smoothly for over a year now.

1 SBS 2003 SP1 server, 1 Windows 2003 member server as a BDC, 15 clients XP
Pro SP2

Many thanks in advance.

Dieter
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[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Dieter Visser <k...@nospam.nl> typed:

> Hello,
>
> Lately I'm getting errors in the eventlog of the Directory Service.
> The message suggested to run DCDIAG. I did and the result was that
> the service ISMSERV stopped on both the PDC and the BDC.
>
> What does this mean and how can I correct this? I could not find any
> answers I could understand.

Any other errors in the event logs?
Is the time sync between servers (and clients) working perfectly?
Did you run netdiag, too?

>
> Our system is (was) running smoothly for over a year now.
>
> 1 SBS 2003 SP1 server, 1 Windows 2003 member server as a BDC,

Minor terminology correction - it can be a member server, or it can be a DC,
but not both (and there's no such thing as a PDC/BDC in Active Directory;
all DCs are peers).

[Dieter Visser]

Hi,

I have no connected errors AFAIK
The timesync is working like it should

I ran Netdiag on both the SBS server as on the DC
After running NETDIAG /DEBUG everything passed, no failures

DcDiag still fails on IsmServ. Is there anything else I should try?

Thanks for your time

Dieter

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[Dieter Visser]

Hi,

For some reason the error msgs do not show up again in the eventlogs. When I
run DCDIAG IsmServ still fails. Should I wait for something serious to
happen or is this a minor hickup?

Working for a 24/7 business, I'm the guy who get called out of bed when
something happens. I 'd rather prevent that.

Lanwench, please shed some light on this.

Thanks in advance

Dieter

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