Task Name: Restore Image to SPH-MASTER
User: CLASS\sph-admin <----- This is a legitimate domain account
Execution Time: 6/12/2014 7:05:57 PM
Number of client machines: 1
Clients finished OK: 1
Task warnings:1
Task process listing
SPH-MASTER - sph-admin C8-1F-66-37-A6-B6 Create machine account 6/12/2014 7:07:00 PM Success
Details for: Create machine account
SPH-MASTER, LDAP://SPH-LAB1.class.local//DC=class,DC=local
Computers
SPH-MASTER - sph-admin C8-1F-66-37-A6-B6 Prepare configuration 6/12/2014 7:07:43 PM Success
SPH-MASTER - sph-admin C8-1F-66-37-A6-B6 Clone 6/12/2014 7:32:46 PM Success
SPH-MASTER - sph-admin C8-1F-66-37-A6-B6 Configuration 6/12/2014 7:33:04 PM Success
SPH-MASTER - sph-admin C8-1F-66-37-A6-B6 To target operating system 6/12/2014 7:42:46 PM Success
SPH-MASTER - sph-admin C8-1F-66-37-A6-B6 Configuration 6/12/2014 7:42:46 PM WARNING
Details for: Configuration
Failed to join domain class.local: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. <------- What user account is being referred to here?
SPH-MASTER - sph-admin C8-1F-66-37-A6-B6 Finish 6/12/2014 7:42:46 PM Success
I have a Server 2008 R2 system that is both an AD domain controller and serving as a Ghost server. I'm trying a trial version of GSS 2.5 using Ghost Console 11.5.1.226. I've been able to pull an image from a Windows 7 Pro test computer (incorporating Sysprep) that is a workgroup member. Now I trying to push the image back to the same test computer and add it to the domain but I keep getting the error in the log. I gave the Ghost account full control of the Computer container in AD but that did nothing. I read something on another post about some NT4 cryptography policy that I enabled thinking it would help. It didn't.
Even though the Image Restore task completed, I saw that the test client was shown in the Computer container in AD even though it was not previously present. However, when I looked at the client, it booted with no active user accounts. The Windows 7 logon prompt was blank. No accounts I tried would work. When I booted into Safe Mode, I was presented with an Administrator account. But it was not the built-in one. That one was disabled. I'm stumped as to how this happened. Is this something related to Sysprep? I enabled the account again and logged on in Normal Mode. Looking at the Properties showed the computer was still a Workgroup member.
I've scoured the internet and forums looking for a solution but have yet to find one. I've read that this problem is usually related to some DNS or security setting but no details beyond that are given.
I'm planning on upgrading a student lab with 25 systems and I need to get this working within the next few weeks. The plan is to just do the basic set up of the lab clients and push the image out to them. Each client needs to retain its static IP address and unique computer name plus get added to the domain. The properties of each client prior to the Restore will show that it is a Workgroup member. But it needs to change to reflect to show that they have joined the domain. I don't know if this is done through a Configuration task or not.
Can anyone provide any help?