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B. Thomas
Asked: 2016-09-10 13:58:58 +0800 CST

AD LDS cannot connect to port 389

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I am trying to replicate an AD domain to a server hosting AD Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS).

In the instance setup wizard, I am choosing "A replica of an existing instance". After I enter the FQDN of any domain controller & port 389, it fails immediately with:

AD LDS cannot connect to port 389 on server.FQDN. Verify that the server name and port are correct, and try again.

pic of error msg from AD LDS setup wizard

I can successfully telnet to any domain controller on port 389. I have tried a win2k8r2 server in the domain and a win2012r2 server outside the domain on the same subnet (I added FQDN of DC's to hosts file). Both exhibit the same error.

ldap windows-server-2008-r2 windows-server-2012-r2 ad-lds

1 Answers

  1. If I understand your question correctly you are trying to replicate a full Active Directory domain controller to an AD LDS instance. If so, you have to use ADAM Sync. The "replica of an existing instance" is only for connecting to another AD LDS instance.

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