Taking so long to restart windoes 2000 server after AD Install

[winpt]

after i install active directory it take so long to restart the computer whenever i want to restart for some reason ( like after doing update and so on )

does this happen to anyone before?

Thanks

 

[mlichstein]

What takes a long time? Shut down or start up?

 

[winpt]

when shut down

 

[ricpinto]

Some programs/services takes a long time to stop. Terminate/stop 1 program/services at a time to isolate the culprit. If you identify it then stop it manually(you can also create a script to do this) first before shutting down the system.

 

[mlichstein]

Are you running Exchange on this server?

 

[mattjurado]

Also, did you install/setup dns on this server? If so, the server's dns entry in control panel should point to its own ip. You can then setup dns forwarder addresses in your dns tool. I've seen servers crawl on bootup and shutdown because DNS was not setup right.

Matt J.

Please always take the time to backup any and all data before performing any actions suggested for ANY problem, regardless of how minor a change it might seem. Also test the backup to make sure it is intact.

 

[winpt]

Yes i'm running EXCHANGE server and also i did point the DNS to it self

 

[mlichstein]

Yeah there is an issue with running Exchange on a DC. Well, many issues actually. Running Exchange on your DC isn't a good idea for many reasons, but one thing that it will do is make your server take a long time to shutdown.

Stopping the Exchange services before you reboot should speed things up.

 

[ricpinto]

I agree: Look at this thread96-789801

 

[dholbrook]

A service hanging on shutdown can delay all the remaining services from stopping, so find the culprit and then find out why it is being difficult to stop.

As for the long time, just how big is you Exchange database? Exchange could be taking a long time to gracefully close down its services to prevent database problems, and can take a long time to start back up if the db is corrupted, as it goes through a complete data integrity check when booting up. Mine sometimes taks 15 minutes to boot up as it sorts out the main database entries, and sometimes only 3-5 minutes.

By the way, stopping the exchange services before reboot will not speed it up, as you still have to wait for it to all shut down before you can continue with shutting down the server. That said, try shutting down all of the exchange services and see how long it takes, then shut the system down and see how long that takes as compared to just shutting the whole system down together. This will help tell you if the Exchange is the problem area. If it is, you may want to do a little offline maintenance on the exchange data bases! Stomping on users with 1-2 GB of Outlook files helps also.

HTH
David