Keith, 5 months is a long time to be off the air, and yes, AD does go 'stale' after a period of time (60 days ?). Had to plan for this on a worldwide rollout where server may be in transit for several months after being built in head office. One of the solutions was to send the server to the remote site minus drives, build the DC in head office a few days before leaving on matching hardware, and then hand-deliver the disk array to the remote site when doing the install (approx disconnect time was about 5 days).
you could try and DCpromo the REMOTESERVER back out and in again, provided the VPN is capable and you dont have other 'cool' apps on the server that might freak out if the machine suddenly becomes a member server again (like Exchange). The schema mismatch error is a bit more troubling, sounds like you made schema changes after REMOTESERVER1 went 'walkies' and its now got a different version of the schema to the partner server (which it should be able to resolve through normal replication), and may not be able to re-replicate cause its AD copy is so old (the access denied is a possible hint).. I would suggest that your AD replica on remoteserver1 is stale and needs a complete refresh. Either send the server back to head office and dcpromo it in and out again, send the server harddrives back (provided you have a system that can handle this), or dcpromo it back in and out inplace. Make sure you have your sites and subnets configured correctly as well, this may be contributing. However, I may be completely off base here. G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McCabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:15 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] Active Directory Replication Failure Hi there, I was wondering if there is a way to re-establish AD replication between two servers, first some background info; REPPARTNER1 server setup in head office on an AD domain 'company.net' domain name. This server replicates locally on the LAN with the FSMO server and another backup to the FSMO server, in addition the three servers have been setup as global catalogue servers. REPPARTNER1 server is not configured to be a bridgehead server, but replicates to remote servers. The replication is possible using ISA server to establish a site-to-site VPN connection between the two sites and terminates at each ISA server for both sites. REMOTESERVER1 was setup initially at the host site (head office), were the replication initially took place successfully. This machine was subsequently remove from head office to the remote site to its own private IP addressing and subnet. Unfortunately, the server, since its removal from the host site, had not made a connection back to head office because logistical problems. The VPN connection was setup recently between the two sites, replication has not occurred in the last 5 months since its initial setup in head office. The VPN connection has been working fine, I have tried to initiate a replication from the remote site back to its replication partner and from the host site out to the remote site, I have attached a file (Zipped word Doc) with the error message I'm now receiving in Replmon.exe. Is there a way to re-establish AD replication between the two sites, are there any known issues regarding AD not replicating after long durations of disconnection. I would appreciate any feedback regarding the above. Cheers, Keith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keith McCabe email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> phone: <++353-1-4177700> - main switch fax: <++353-1-4754649> Concern Worldwide - [http://www.concern.net/] 52-55 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. ****************************************************************** The information transmitted in this email is intended for the addressee only and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, redistribution, reliance upon or other use of, this information by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material. ****************************************************************** List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
