I went ahead and demoted and repromoted and all is fixed. Thanks for everyones help with this one.
Russ ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Katrin Wilhelm Sent: Fri 3/24/2006 9:45 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Weird AD problem Just an idea (where I would start looking) ... As your error says it cannot find the operation Masters ... Did you check in AD on which server they are now? By the sound of it you demoted the server holding all the roles and it might be that the roles haven't transferred correctly this is an issue if you used the same server again. If the roles are not assigned to the right (if everything went Ok they should be on the server you did not work on!) server then you have to seize them (as the original is no more existing). May be this fixes your issue. Cheers Kat ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of matheesha weerasinghe Sent: Saturday, 25 March 2006 4:01 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Weird AD problem Check the debug folder for the logs to see if there were any issues during the promotion. dcpromo, dcpromoui.logs and the err logs. M@ On 22/03/06, Rimmerman, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, from the good DC I can browse the bad DC, but not vice versa. The bad one can't see anything in the domain, no ADUC, can't browse any other computers, etc. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Olivarez, Sergio J Mr CTNOSC/GD-NS Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:13 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Weird AD problem Unfortunately, 95% of my experience is with 2003 so I don't know if 2000 is known for having this type of an issue. Is the DC registered correctly in DNS (including SRV records) and is it associated correctly in sites and services? Are you able to connect from the good DC to the bad DC via ADUC or ADSI? Sounds like maybe it might have been an unsuccessful promotion! Thanks... ... ... ... Sergio J. Olivarez - Contractor GD-NS ________________________________ From: Rimmerman, Russ [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:00 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Weird AD problem It was successfully demoted the first time, and the second answer is NO, I probably didn't. I'm trying http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260575 right now (NETDOM RESETPWD) and its telling me the specified network password is not correct. I'm using domain\administrator in the command line. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] On Behalf Of Olivarez, Sergio J Mr CTNOSC/GD-NS Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:54 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Weird AD problem Was the DC successfully demoted the first time or did you have to forcefully remove it? Did you make sure all traces of the old DC were gone in AD before you re-promoted it, including all DNS records? Thanks... ... ... ... Sergio J. Olivarez - Contractor GD-NS ________________________________ From: Rimmerman, Russ [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:20 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Weird AD problem Have a small Windows 2000 native AD domain, 2 DCs total. One of the DCs was rebuilt recently. It was demoted, a new server built, and promoted. Now, from the new DC, every server or desktop in the domain it tries to browse, you're prompted for username/password. Trying to use AD Users and Computers, it says it cant contact the domain. Viewing the FSMO role holders, it says the operations master is "OFFLINE". I suspect this DC is off in the weeds. Would a simple demote/promote fix it or is there some other resolution? It has DNS configured properly, it just seems that keeping the same computername as the old DC wasn't such a good idea as now it's confused. Thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail is confidential, may contain proprietary information of the Cooper Cameron Corporation and its operating Divisions and may be confidential or privileged. This e-mail should be read, copied, disseminated and/or used only by the addressee. 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