wolfdogg

2008 Enterprise.. and yep.. added the Domain Admin first. I'm under the Administrator account. Well dang.. thought i had it! i had changed my ip to dynamic to plug my ethernet into our LAN here at work (for internet access).. and decided to change that back to static IP and then plug into my little 4 node network hub. After rebooting, I tried to extend AD again.. this time, the log files show that it worked! I got the exact same output that you showed in your log... where you said, "if everything went ok the log file will be pretty emtpy otherwise it may contain errors, in addition you should see another log file in c:\ called ExtADSch.log here is a copy of mine:-" Hooray, I thought! But no new folders in AD still. strange.....

I followed the directions.. looked like it went, but then opened up Active Directory and saw no change. I then opened up the logs.... My ExtADSch log shows the following errors: <08-04-2009 10:49:38> Modifying Active Directory Schema - with SMS extensions. <08-04-2009 10:49:38> Unable to connect to RootDSE - Cannot update Active Directory. Error code = 53. <08-04-2009 10:49:38> Failed to extend the Active Directory schema. Thoughts? I've been Googling it, but haven't found the solution.

It is unbeleivable to me, how intricate the setup is for this thing! Ok.. off to extend my AD. Thanks guys!!

So I'm going through the SCCM setup guide and I'm at the part that tells me to go to Active Directory -> System -> and then 'System Management'. Problem is.. there is no 'System Management' under my 'System' folder. What have I done wrong? Thanks.