Dell PowerVault NX3200 - Manual (Page 29)

Setting A Default Instance Name For AD LDS Instances
To set a default Instance Name for AD LDS Instance:
1. In the Server Manager menu bar, click Tools → ADSI Edit (Active Directory Service Interface).
The ADSI Edit console is displayed.
2. In the console, right-click ADSI Edit and click Connect to.
Alternatively, in the ADSI Edit console, you can navigate to Actions → More Actions → Connect to
The Connection Settings dialog box is displayed.
a. Under Connection Point, select the Select a well known Naming Context option, and select
Configuration from the drop-down menu.
b. Under Computer, select the Select or type a domain or server option, and type the following in
the text box: localhost:389
NOTE: This example uses the default LDAP port number 389. If you specified a different port
number in the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Setup Wizard, use that value
instead.
3. Click OK.
ADSI Edit refreshes to display the new connection.
4. In the resulting tree, under the Configuration node, click CN=Configuration, click CN=Sites, click
CN=Default-First-Site-Name, click CN=Servers, click CN=server1$ nfsadldsinstance, and click
CN=NTDS Settings.
5. Right-click CN=NTDS Settings, and click Properties.
6. In the Properties dialog box, click msDs-DefaultNamingContext, and click Edit.
7. In the String Attribute Editor, in the Value text box, type CN=nfsadldsinstance, dc=server1,
and click OK.
8. Close ADSI Edit.
Updating The Active Directory Schema
To update the active directory schema:
1. Press the Windows logo key on the keyboard.
2. Type CMD.
Command Prompt application is displayed.
3. Right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as administrator to open an elevated command
prompt.
4. Navigate to the C:\WINDOWS\ADAM directory, and run the command:
regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll
This command enables the Active Directory plug-in, schmmgmt.dll.
5. Click Start → Run, and type MMC to open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
6. On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.
7. In the Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, click Active Directory Schema.
8. Click Add, and click OK.
9. Right-click the Active Directory Schema node, and click Change Active Directory Domain
Controller to connect to the AD LDS instance that was previously created.
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