Wednesday, September 16, 2009

DNS Server unable to Open Active Directory

I was on a maintenance check couple of days back, when I noticed Windows Server 2008 Event Viewer had all red crosses.

DNS Server unable to Open Active Directory
When I tried to open the Active Directory, the below error popped up.
The Server is not operational

The server is not operational
Bing'ing / Google'ing did not help much. I thought for a while, went for a restart and everything seemed happy.