Re: [ActiveDir] Trouble adding a new server to an AD domain

[Gene Sibbs]

Many thanks All.

 

The seizure did the trick.

 

Kindest Regards,

Gene

mike kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

You need to seize the IM role because of what happned to your DC.  Metadata cleanup (2k3 sp1) will do it or you can use these steps.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255504

Using Ntdsutil.exe to transfer or seize FSMO roles to a domain controller

 

Thanks

Mike

 

 

On 3/3/06, Gene Sibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Thank you, for your response. Before I action your pointers . Could I please ask you to look at the dcdiag results below?

 

 

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>dcdiag

 

Domain Controller Diagnosis

 

Performing initial setup:

   Done gathering initial info.

 

Doing initial required tests

 

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\DRDS02

      Starting test: Connectivity

         .......................... DRDS02 passed test Connectivity

 

Doing primary tests

 

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\DRDS02

      Starting test: Replications

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test Replications

      Starting test: NCSecDesc

         .......................... DRDS02 passed test NCSecDesc

      Starting test: NetLogons

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test NetLogons

      Starting test: Advertising

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test Advertising

      Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders

         Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:66242ab3-adcf-4c11-b60b-2e3c0a97dafa,CN

=DRDS03\0ADEL:e6caf866-122e-4dad-98d5-34530f9c6b6d,CN=Servers,CN=Default-Fir

st-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=blackwater,DC=lan is the In

frastructure Update Owner, but is deleted.

         ......................... DRDS02 failed test KnowsOfRoleHolders

      Starting test: RidManager

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test RidManager

      Starting test: MachineAccount

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test MachineAccount

      Starting test: Services

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test Services

      Starting test: ObjectsReplicated

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test ObjectsReplicated

      Starting test: frssysvol

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test frssysvol

      Starting test: frsevent

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test frsevent

      Starting test: kccevent

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test kccevent

      Starting test: systemlog

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test systemlog

      Starting test: VerifyReferences

         ......................... DRDS02 passed test VerifyReferences

 

   Running partition tests on : Schema

      Starting test: CrossRefValidation

         ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation

      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom

         ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom

 

   Running partition tests on : Configuration

      Starting test: CrossRefValidation

         ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation

      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom

         ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom

 

   Running partition tests on : blackwater

      Starting test: CrossRefValidation

         ......................... blackwater passed test CrossRefVali

dation

      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom

         ......................... blackwater passed test CheckSDRefDo

m

 

   Running enterprise tests on : blackwater.lan

      Starting test: Intersite

         ......................... blackwater.lan passed test Intersi

te

      Starting test: FsmoCheck

         ......................... blackwater.lan passed test FsmoChe

ck

 

 

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>dcdiag

 

Domain Controller Diagnosis

 

Performing initial setup:

   Done gathering initial info.

 

Doing initial required tests

 

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\DRDS01

      Starting test: Connectivity

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test Connectivity

 

Doing primary tests

 

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\DRDS01

      Starting test: Replications

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test Replications

      Starting test: NCSecDesc

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test NCSecDesc

      Starting test: NetLogons

         .......................... DRDS01 passed test NetLogons

      Starting test: Advertising

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test Advertising

      Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders

         Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:66242ab3-adcf-4c11-b60b-2e3c0a97dafa,CN

=DRDS03\0ADEL:e6caf866-122e-4dad-98d5-34530f9c6b6d,CN=Servers,CN=Default-Fir

st-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC= blackwater,DC=lan is the In

frastructure Update Owner, but is deleted.

         ......................... DRDS01 failed test KnowsOfRoleHolders

      Starting test: RidManager

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test RidManager

      Starting test: MachineAccount

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test MachineAccount

      Starting test: Services

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test Services

      Starting test: ObjectsReplicated

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test ObjectsReplicated

      Starting test: frssysvol

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test frssysvol

      Starting test: frsevent

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test frsevent

      Starting test: kccevent

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test kccevent

      Starting test: systemlog

         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x00000457

            Time Generated: 03/03/2006   11:34:37

            (Event String could not be retrieved)

         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x00000457

            Time Generated: 03/03/2006   11:34:37

            (Event String could not be retrieved)

         ......................... DRDS01 failed test systemlog

      Starting test: VerifyReferences

         ......................... DRDS01 passed test VerifyReferences

 

   Running partition tests on : Schema

      Starting test: CrossRefValidation

         ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation

      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom

         ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom

 

   Running partition tests on : Configuration

      Starting test: CrossRefValidation

         ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation

      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom

         ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom

 

   Running partition tests on : blackwater

      Starting test: CrossRefValidation

         ......................... blackwater passed test CrossRefVali

dation

      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom

         ......................... blackwater passed test CheckSDRefDo

m

 

   Running enterprise tests on : blackwater.lan

      Starting test: Intersite

         ......................... blackwater.lan passed test Intersi

te

      Starting test: FsmoCheck

         ......................... blackwater.lan passed test FsmoChe

ck

 

Ideals?

 

gene

"Ulf B. Simon-Weidner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi Gene,

 

the Infrastructure Master is not the most critical role. However if you have a backup of that system I'd recommend a restore of the Systemstate. If not, I'd seize the Infrastructure Master to another server, clean up the Active Directory from the remainers of the old server (Metadata-Cleanup, see here for the KBs http://www.windowsserverfaq.de/faq/AD/RemoveDC.asp). Afterwards you should be able to install a new server and promote it as DC using the same name as before, and move the IM again if necessary. Between the changes make sure that AD is replicated.

 

Ulf

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gene Sibbs
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:03 AM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: [ActiveDir] Trouble adding a new server to an AD domain

 

"I'm having trouble adding a new server to an AD domain.  There are 20 servers on the network, all are Windows 2003 .  Three were domain controllers. One DC housing Infrustructure FSMO Role crashed. A new server was buit.  When trying to add it as a DC using dcpromo wizard we see:

The Wizard is configuring Active Directory
Located comain controller server1.mydomain.com
Stopping NETLOGON
Examining an existing Active Directory Forest

After a moment we get the error:
The operation failed because:  This Active Directory installation requires domain configuration changes, but whether these changes have been made on the domain controller server1.mydomain.com is undetermined.  The installation process has quite.  "The system cannot find the file specified".

We though it might be because we named the replacement server the same name as the one which crashed.  So we renamed the server and tried again with the same results. This is after a fresh install on a blank drive on this server."

 

I having a similar error  as above...

 

Any pointers?

 

Regards,

Sib

 

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