Windows 8 and DSfW
I am still in the process of using Windows 8 with Domain Services for Windows. From what I have seen so far it behaves similar to Windows 7 as a workstation joined to the domain. Logging in, mapping drives, running GPOs, executing login script from a GPO, all seem to work as in Windows 7. The biggest challenge for me is getting used to the Start menu in Windows 8 and that isn’t DSfW related.
Windows 8 with VMWare View 5.1.1 and DSfW OES11SP1 all appear to play well with each other. Making templates and linked clones do not seem to have any gotchyas to look out for. Let me know or the Novell Forums know if you discover a bug with DSfW and Windows 8.
Diagnostic tool for DNS Records
The DSfW team has a great tool called check-dns.pl to help diagnose DNS issue with DSfW.
The tool validates essential records for forward and reverse lookups. This tool can be found at Novell Coolsolutions.
The tool might incorrectly report PDC and DC records if there is more than one Domain Controller. The Coolsolutions article will be updated with a new check-dns.pl to address this issue.
Until the Coolsolutions article is updated you can download it from dsfwdude.com.
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September 2012 Maintenance for OES11.1 is released
September 2012 Maintenance patch for OES11SP1 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- – 667829: On Win2K8 R2 client joined to DSfW domain fails to create xen Desktop image from xendesktop studio
- – 723878: Normal Domain Users have all filesystem rights to new GPOs with Oes2Sp3
- -736413: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: memberOf query returns incorrect groupmembership results
- – 736414: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: ObjectSid queries return incorrect results
- – 737877: CIFS- Support for CIFS invalid user name/password presented multiple times
- – 738031: DSFW: Configuration of Windows 2008R2 Remote Desktop Licensing fails
- – 765721: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: OSX 10.6.x mobile account login issues when attribute loginintruderaddress is populated for users
September 2012 Scheduled Maintenance for OES11SP1
- – 583261: httpstkd randomly stops
- – 667829: On Win2K8 R2 client joined to DSfW domain fails to create xen Desktop image from xendesktop studio
- – 706758:… Continue reading
September 2012 Maintenance for OES11 is released
September 2012 Maintenance patch for OES11 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- – 667829: On Win2K8 R2 client joined to DSfW domain fails to create xen Desktop image from xendesktop studio
- – 723878: Normal Domain Users have all filesystem rights to new GPOs with Oes2Sp3
- -736413: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: memberOf query returns incorrect groupmembership results
- – 736414: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: ObjectSid queries return incorrect results
- – 737877: CIFS- Support for CIFS invalid user name/password presented multiple times
- – 738031: DSFW: Configuration of Windows 2008R2 Remote Desktop Licensing fails
- – 765721: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: OSX 10.6.x mobile account login issues when attribute loginintruderaddress is populated for users
- – 768348: DSFW Migration:Other service repair is failing in miggui tool from oes2sp2 and oes11fp0 to oes11sp1 migration
- – 780394 – DSFW support for resolving a Well Known GUID, AD distinguishedName format… Continue reading
September 2012 Maintenance for OES2SP3 is released
September 2012 Maintenance patch for OES2P3 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- – 667829: On Win2K8 R2 client joined to DSfW domain fails to create xen Desktop image from xendesktop studio
- – 723878: Normal Domain Users have all filesystem rights to new GPOs with Oes2Sp3
- -736413: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: memberOf query returns incorrect groupmembership results
- – 736414: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: ObjectSid queries return incorrect results
- – 737877: CIFS- Support for CIFS invalid user name/password presented multiple times
- – 738031: DSFW: Configuration of Windows 2008R2 Remote Desktop Licensing fails
- – 765721: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: OSX 10.6.x mobile account login issues when attribute loginintruderaddress is populated for users
September 2012 Scheduled Maintenance for OES2SP3
- 583261: httpstkd randomly stops
- 667829: On Win2K8 R2 client joined to DSfW domain fails to create xen Desktop image from xendesktop studio
- 675596: oes-ldap not getting… Continue reading