Domain Controller Booting Into Safe Mode

From start menu open a command prompt.

Domain controller booting into safe mode. Strange i thought so another reboot and the same directory services restore mode the domain controller was in a directory services restore mode loop then the diag process started did an ad database integrity check did a scan disk of the volume chkdsk f. This surprised me and scared me for that matter. After upgrading to esx 4 1 and upgrading to the latest version of vmware tools in a domain controller virtual machine you may experience these symptoms.

I m currently going through the server logs looking for any clues that may point me in the direction of why it was restarted in safe mode and am not. Reboot the system. When you boot the virtual machine you see this message.

Type the following command to reboot the server. After rebooting the server starts normally. Marcos brings the vet office back online.

Has anyone experienced this problem. Ran msconfig and set it to boot into normal mode. Open a command prompt by typing cmd in the run box.

For windows server 2003. If you want to perform integrity checks manipulate the active directory database in some way or restore part of the database you have to reboot into ds restore mode. Login with the directory services restore mode account typically administrator and open a command prompt and run the following.

We are going into 4 weeks of finally restarting our server farms and then our active directory domain services server went and rebooted into safe mode with no warning or prompting of any sort. Run the following command. The virtual machine only boots in safe mode after a reboot.