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Sash
Sash

Reputation: 3535

How do you find out if your AD/AM instance is up and running via C#?

I saw a link to find out if AD was running, but am not too sure if the same applies to AD/AM. One caveat is that I should be able to check about any AD/AM instance (any domain) assuming I have permissions.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1529

Answers (2)

Dscoduc
Dscoduc

Reputation: 7754

Performing LDAP queries against AD/AM and AD are very close in functionality. You just need to include a DNS prefix in your bind string as well as the port (if it's not the default 389):

LDAP://ADAMServer:50000/DC=domain,DC=local

One major pain is the default absence of RootDSE in AD/AM. You can add it manually but by default you can't use those handy search filters that use the LDAP://Server/RootDSE syntax.

The ADAM instances are separated by port numbers so you will need to indicate a port based on the instance you want. You can find this in the Windows 2008 registry of the server at:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ADAM_InstanceName\Parameters

or you could perform a command line query:

c:\windows\adam\dsdbutil.exe "list instances"

Upvotes: 0

jwmiller5
jwmiller5

Reputation: 2604

the same approach applies to AD or to AD LDS (lightweight directory services, new name for ADAM). .NET examples at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x8wxt72e(VS.71).aspx

Upvotes: 1

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