The Error
This error came up in a report after running Alan Renouf’s vCheck script
Active Directory Web Services encountered an error while reading the settings for the specified Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services instance. Active Directory Web Services will retry this operation periodically. In the mean time, this instance will be ignored. Instance name: ADAM_VMwareVCMSD
The Solution
- Open Regedit
- Navigate to Key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<ADAM_VMwareVCMSDS>\Parameters and make sure the following is correct
Value: Port SSL
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 1 – 65535 (default: 389)
- Navigate to Key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<ADAM_VMwareVCMSDS>\Parameters and make sure the following is correct
Value: Port SSL
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 1 – 65535 (default: 636)
- Note: there may be a REG_SZ Key for the above settings. Delete this key and recreate as above as a REG_DWORD Key
- Restart the ADWS Service in Services.msc
