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title: How to find which Domain Controller Activate is running actions against
slug: how-to-find-which-domain-controller-activate-is-running-actions-against
createdAt: 2025-06-11T20:26:19.221Z
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To find the Domain Controller (DC) that Activate is talking to:

- Open command prompt on the Activate Job Server. 
- Run command:
  netstat -ano | find "389"
- Look for lines like:
  TCP 10.x.x.x:55238 **10.x.x.x.389**        ESTABLISHED     **1404**
  TCP 10.x.x.x:55274 **10.x.x.x**:**389**        ESTABLISHED     **3384**

Colour Key: 

1. **IP address of the DC that Activate is talking to.**
2. **PID (process id) of the process that is talking to the DC**
3. **LDAP port number.**

Additionally:

- You can use 'tasklist /fi "pid eq **1404**"'  without the single quotes to find the process that is talking to the DC.
- The Activate Job service will look like;
  Innovation.Activate.Service
- The Activate web service will look like; w3wp.exe
- From the ip address you can use '**ping -a** \<ip address>' command to resolve the name or '**nslookup** \<ip address>' without the single quotes to get a hostname.