We have an old Citrix server that is still used to run some old applications. There are only a few people still using it but it is a production server and needs to run. This server was running just fine prior to the migration but started experiencing issues afterwards. The… Continue reading
As part of the Active Directory migration I have to change the smart host I use for email. This server is one of three servers that host mailboxes. This server is also the clearing house for all email into and out of the office. The current setup has used LDAP… Continue reading
As part of a migration project where I moved from an old Samba 3 PDC to a Samba 4 AD-DC I have to also migrate any system that uses the old LDAP lookups. This post covers changes to an email submission server that uses Postfix to receive messages from authenticated… Continue reading
After the recent migration I was experiencing a number of issues. In this case almost every user had their internet browsing slowed significantly (like 30 seconds between click and load). After running various monitoring and testing I found that the delay was in the original connection setup. Chrome would say… Continue reading
Having recently migrated an old samba 3.6 PDC to a samba 4.9 AD-DC I decided to document the steps I went through. The Samba Wiki was helpful but over the duration of this project; the contents of the wiki changed and samba changed as well. This lead me to a… Continue reading
While I have found most things to just work, the samba migration has yet to yield the desired results. I am presently stuck with being able to see users and groups but being unable to use them. Joining the domain was done with no apparent errors. Using SSH I am… Continue reading
I finally got the opportunity to migrate an old NT style domain to Active Directory. In both cases the servers were running Samba. Let’s just say it was an experience I’d rather not repeat. This particular project spanned 18 months due to scheduling issues (mostly just finding time where all… Continue reading
