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Server Manager Connection Errors

I had a tricky issue with a server coming up with errors when trying to add it to Server manager > All Servers

 

It came up with target inaccessable and when I tried to remote to the server I received SSL certificate errors. I inially though the error was on the server I was trying to get to join server manager but after hours I still was unable to make it work.

I had however changed the IP address on the server the previous day. This should have given me a clue earlier.

The server running Server Manager was a DC, so I thought that this might be where the error was.

Essentially the DNS settings had a stale (previous IP) of the server hard coded, and it had not updated after my ip address change.

I changed the IP in the DNS settings for the server to the correct IP Address and then flushed the DNS which allowed the connection and remote management.

Updated on June 15, 2023

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