I followed KB 300684 and got good results showing in dns. I was able to initiate rep manually in Sites&Serv without error on most connections. Still having some errors. (I inherited a flat domain.) hklm\software\policies\microsoft\windows nt\DNSClient\UpdateTopLevelDomain = 1
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Clay Perrine Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD replication, RPC server unavailable Run netdiag /v >netdiag.txt. Open netdiag.txt with notepad. Search the file for the word "fatal". If you find any fatal errors you have to fix them before proceeding. Then do the same thing for the word "warning". The best way I have found to fix DNS errors (And I fix a LOT of them)in an AD is to temporarily point all the domain controllers at one DC for the DNS server with no secondaries. Then stop the netlogon service, run ipconfig /flushdns, run ipconfig /registerdns, and restart netlogon. By doing that, all the DCs are working off the same DNS database. Wait a few hours to be sure that AD replication has copied all the DNS data to all the DCs. After that,I normally recommend that you point a DC at another DC for it's primary, and itself as the secondary. If you have more than 2 DCs, point one DC at the other 2 first and itself last. If you have more than 4 DCs, point a DC at 3 others, and itself last. You don't really need to point a DC at itself for DNS, but if it has to come up offline, it will take forever to boot if you don't. Clay Perrine, MCSE Microsoft Professional Support Microsoft Directory Services Support Team My working hours are 7:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday Central time. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:07 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD replication, RPC server unavailable Nice thing about netdiag is that you can run it with the /fix switch and often get some good results :) One thing to remember is the idea of the "island" effect. When first configuring your DC, be sure the primary DNS server is one of your other DC's until replication finishes. You also want to be sure that on promotion, that DCPROMO puts the DNS records in their place, meaning that DNS allows dynamic updates for that zone and that you have a reverse zone in place prior (not really necessary, but much neater). Al -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Clingaman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD replication, RPC server unavailable dcdiag and netdiag are giving dns config errors. I'll be checking thru my dns entries again. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mulnick, Al Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:23 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD replication, RPC server unavailable Did you check DCDIAG to see what errors get thrown? Al -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Clingaman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:17 PM To: ActiveDir (E-mail) Subject: [ActiveDir] AD replication, RPC server unavailable I just added a third DC to my domain. The Sysvol would not replicate to DC3 until after I manually added an A record in the DNS. In sites and services on DC3, I initiate replication from DC1 and 2 to DC3, it gives "The following error occured when trying to contact the domain controller DC3: the RPC server is unavailable." DC3 cannot contact DC3. DC3 dns settings look right to me. All DCs point to DC1 as primary. Also, in the AD | FRS | Domain Sysvol, DC3 does not appear in the list. Events: FRS- 13516,13509,13562,13508 DNS- 6702 What do I need to check next? thanks. 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/
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