I agree, it certainly sounds like it could be DNS related, but it appears that all SRV records are present. ECPDC registered itself in _msdcs/dc/_sites/eastcocalicopd/tcp/kerberos (port88) and ldap(port 389), in _msdcs/dc/_tcp/_kerberos and _ldap, in _sites/eastcocalicopd/_tcp/_kerberos and _ldap, in _tcp/_kerberos, _kpasswd, and _ldap, and in _udp/_kerberos and _kpasswd. It registered and A record as ECPDC and an A record (same as parent folder). We do not use AD integrated DNS. All servers involved are pointed to the DNS server that is authoratative for the zone. I deleted the A record, did an ipconfig /registerdns, and the server registers without problem. There is a ptr record for the server in the reverse lookup zone. I can map from PSDC1 to any point on ECPDC and vice versa. I can do an NSLOOKUP from either server. If the problem is DNS, I just don't see it. I have not configured any static port mappings. The only noteworthy item in the DNS event log is : The DNS server has encountered numerous run-time events. These are usually caused by the reception of bad or unexpected packets, or from problems with or excessive replication traffic. The data is the number of suppressed events encountered in the last 15 minute interval.
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Schut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 3:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] sysvol not replicating Can happen Rick, the same hear... that's why checking and rechecking of documentation is always fun.... Diane, I have to agree with Rick, that the problem can be related to registration of DNS SRV records, it is advisable to check if all the SRV and other records are all registered correctly in the _MSDCS zone or the appropriate domain DNS zone. What kind of records are you registering in DNS, domain & AtSite related records, or only the AtSite records ("DnsAvoidRegisterRecords" reg key)? Are you using a static port mapping for RPC based AD replication? Regards, Dennis Schut MSCA, MCSAS, MCSA2K3, MCSE, MCSES, MCSE2K3 Technical Consultant -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 00:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] sysvol not replicating My apologies to Dennis Schut (Read NOT *Shutts*). I have a co-worker Deb Shutts, and apparently my fingers got ahead of my brain. But, that happens a bunch - regardless if it's here, a NG, or just in a document. :-) Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT Microsoft MVP - Active Directory Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 5:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] sysvol not replicating Diane, I have to agree that there is something going on here. Dennis Shutts tried to get the ADDiag scripts (if you haven't seen it - but I know you, you likely have) to her to run on her system. It's the same tools that PSS will have you run on your system to gather all of the information necessary to diagnose this type of issue. I suspect that there is a DNS problem as the SYSVOL share and the NETLOGON share will not be published until all conditions are correct. And, the primary indicator is that failure in the NETDIAG log that you pointed out. Cindy, leave the FRS issues alone for a bit until the DNS problems are resolved on all servers. It might be only one, or might be all of them. Check your DNS and SYSTEM event logs. Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT Microsoft MVP - Active Directory Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane Ayers Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 11:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] sysvol not replicating Do you have all the necessary SRV records for this server in DNS? Your Dcdiag run had this error: test NetLogons Starting test: Advertising Warning: DsGetDcName returned information for \\psdc1.police.lancco.pa.us, when we were trying to reach ECPDC. Server is not responding or is not considered suitable. ......................... ECPDC failed DsGetDcName is failing. I'd look at the SRV records in DNS to see if that is 100%. Another area to check is the time on the DC to see if it's sync with it's partners. Diane -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rittenhouse, Cindy Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 7:51 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' results from repadmin look fine, server is running SP4 C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.LC_POLICE>repadmin /showreps ecpdc EastCocalicoPD\ECPDC DSA Options : IS_GC objectGuid : 261bdbfc-59ef-4aa8-b087-36fe5e363e9f invocationID: 9f91ded7-35c3-47a9-a30f-312f51da6f3a ==== INBOUND NEIGHBORS ====================================== DC=police,DC=lancco,DC=pa,DC=us Default-First-Site-Name\PSDC1 via RPC objectGuid: 01dd65d5-caee-4e09-8cb3-85a7d4642ae9 Last attempt @ 2003-08-29 22:42.22 was successful. CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=LANCCO,DC=ROOT Default-First-Site-Name\PSDC1 via RPC objectGuid: 01dd65d5-caee-4e09-8cb3-85a7d4642ae9 Last attempt @ 2003-08-29 22:42.22 was successful. CN=Configuration,DC=LANCCO,DC=ROOT Default-First-Site-Name\PSDC1 via RPC objectGuid: 01dd65d5-caee-4e09-8cb3-85a7d4642ae9 Last attempt @ 2003-08-29 22:42.22 was successful. DC=LANCCO,DC=ROOT Default-First-Site-Name\PSDC1 via RPC objectGuid: 01dd65d5-caee-4e09-8cb3-85a7d4642ae9 Last attempt @ 2003-08-29 22:42.22 was successful. ==== OUTBOUND NEIGHBORS FOR CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ============ -----Original Message----- From: Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] sysvol not replicating This is probably a silly question, but you have applied all of the latest SP's and hotfixes correct and this machine isn't sitting at like SP1 or something? There are a ton of fixes for FRS out there. Other than that I would be looking at DNS very carefully and also checking regular replication (repadmin /showreps) to make sure that was working as well. joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rittenhouse, Cindy Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] sysvol not replicating Two days ago a consulting firm upgraded a BDC at a remote location to Windows 2000. After the upgrade users had all types of trouble connecting. It seems the sysvol is not replicating because the Do_Not_Remove_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory, Policies directory, and Scripts directory do not exist on the remote server in either the sysvol\domain or the sysvol\sysvol directory. The rest of AD seems to be replicating fine. Can I simply copy those directories from one of my DCs to the DC in the remote location? 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