Thanks, Roger. When I sent the original message, I had just run /showreps and gotten complaints on DCB1 that it could not find DCB2. However, when I run /showrepl *, everything comes up clean. (BTW: the use of * just made my life a lot simpler – thanks.) I am going to brush up on the force removal process and hope for the best.

 

I should add that the phantom objects are still there. Are these something to manually remove with admod or adsi?

 

Thanks again.

 

-- nme


From: Roger Longden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 3:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Help with Replication Mess

 

What’s “repadmin.exe /showrepl *” show?  Quite possibly the site B DCs will need to be forcibly demoted based on your description.

 

 - Roger

 

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noah Eiger
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:40 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ActiveDir] Help with Replication Mess

 

Hi -

 

I am trying to sort out a long-standing replication mess. The configuration is three sites (W2k3 FL as per earlier email) connected over T1 lines in series (A-B-C). The layout is:

 

Site A:

- DCA1 (bridgehead)

- DCA2

 

Site B:

- DCB1 (self for DNS)

- DCB2 (bridgehead; DCA1 for DNS)

- DCB3 (DCA1 & DCA2 for DNS)

 

Site C:

- DCC1 (bridgehead)

 

There are two IP site links with equal cost: A-B and A-C.

 

Site B is the problem. The event logs of DCB1 are filled with KCC and FRS errors. Also, depending on where you point your "Sites and Services" tool, you get different information about what DC is in what Site as well as phantom objects (such as the same DC in two sites, long demoted DCs lingering, dead sites still present).

 

The goal for the weekend is to remove DCB1 and DCB2, leaving only DCB3. But, I am concerned that replication is not working correctly and that demoting them improperly will lead to bigger problems.

 

What is the best way to go about cleaning this up? The DCs in Site A and C are fine. Can I just pull replication data from there?

 

Thanks.

 

-- nme

 

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