Hi,
I have used the cross-forest tricks from the System Center Service Manager blog with success previously:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager/archive/2010/03/10/ad-connector-cross-forest-tricks.aspx
After installing the SCSM 2012 R2 UR7 the external AD connector does not work any more. I have tried to recreate it, but it fails in the same way.
I see this in the event log:
Data synchronization failed by test.internal.Importer.ADGroups.ADConnector.0c26f53710034ff7865b5dab6cfeec59.:Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Connector.AD.DataConnectorAD. Exception type:ConnectorException Exception message:createBatchInfoForRealSource failed . Exception type:ArgumentException Exception message:No valid domain controller detected.. StackTrace: at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Connector.AD.ActiveDirectoryUtility.GetServerEntry(DirectoryServerSates directoryStates, String tableName, Boolean setWaterMark) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Connector.AD.DataConnectorAD.OnCreateBatchInfoForRealSource(SessionBase session, String query, String tableName, String batchIdField, Int32 batchIdType, String watermarkField, Int32 watermarkType, Byte[] watermark, String connectionString, Int32 batchSize) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Connector.SessionManager.DataProvider.createBatchInfoForRealSource(SessionBase session, Int32 SessionTableId, EnumTableStatus status). StackTrace: at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Connector.SessionManager.DataProvider.throwConnectorException(String method, String message, Object[] values) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Connector.SessionManager.DataProvider.createBatchInfoForRealSource(SessionBase session, Int32 SessionTableId, EnumTableStatus status) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Connector.SessionManager.DataProvider.PrepareBatchInfo(SessionBase session) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Connector.SessionManager.DataProvider.GetNextBatch(IConnectorSession connectorSession, Boolean batchInfoOnly) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Connector.Datacenter.SessionHost.DataSync()Does the cross-forest tricks work for anyone else after UR7?
/Michael