Some background:
- I had a standalone non-WSE 2016 server (SERVER3) that contained a single-domain Active Directory forest (as well as the FSMO roles, of course).
- I clean-installed a new WSE 2016 server (SERVER2) and ran the WSE Configuration Wizard.
- I then had two standalone servers, each with its own unique single-domain Active Directory forest.
- I demoted SERVER2 and removed the Active Directory role
- On SERVER2 I joined the domain of SERVER3
- I promoted SERVER2 to a DC
- I transferred the FSMO roles to SERVER2
I think I may have goofed here, because now the WSE Media Streaming Service on SERVER2 won't start, claiming 'bad password' (Event ID 7038, not 7041) for the MediaAdmin$
MSA in the System Event Log. (Note that the MSA was also present on SERVER3 before I started all this, the AD forest there having been replicated from an earlier Essentials server.)
More detail on the MSA problem is here.
I propose to start over and redo it all, this time joining SERVER2 to SERVER3's domain and promoting to a DC before running the wizard (the wizard, in turn, will create the MSA and related service). I believe this is the more correct way to do it. Correct me, please, if I am mistaken in this.
But in the meantime, before I begin, I have some questions: (Should I repost them individually, including this background for each one?)
- Did I create this MSA problem myself, by configuring DC/FSMO after running the wizard, instead of before?
- Should I delete the
MediaAdmin$
MSA from SERVER3's AD before joining its domain with the new SERVER2? - Is it OK to run the wizard on a DC that already holds the FSMO roles?
Hopefully the answers here will be yes, yes and yes.