Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-31 Thread Michael Reid
...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 7:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again? So can you give me some suggestions on how to smoothly tell the 2003 that it's now the main server and gracefully demote the past primary server (which

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-21 Thread Michael Reid
- https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian -Original Message- From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again? Yea I started reading this thread did some quick math

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-21 Thread Brian Desmond
...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 7:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again? So can you give me some suggestions on how to smoothly tell the 2003 that it's now the main server and gracefully demote the past primary server (which is running 2000

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-14 Thread Michael Reid
- http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian -Original Message- From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again? Yea I

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread David Lum
Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC? Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860 David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -Original Message- From:

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Michael Reid
Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that and they reset the computer account password and it started replicating again (didn't get more details than that). I found that link too, but since that it wasn't

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread MarvinC
Consider upgrading the 2000 server to 2003. Look at the forest and domain levels on both servers. Consider upgrading the forest and domain levels to 2003. Is the domain in native mode? Check the FSMO roles as the schema master is only going to be on one of the two servers. How many users, sites?

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
dc. -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again? Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a month or so ago

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Michael Reid
No Exchange servers and unfortunately and upgrade to solve this is out of the budget right now. I'll need to beat on this for a bit. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:56 AM, MarvinC marv...@gmail.com wrote: Consider upgrading the 2000 server to 2003. Look at the forest and domain levels on both

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Michael Reid
to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem dc. -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again? Yes, these servers have been

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Cameron Cooper
Is your domain/forest functional levels set to Windows 2003? _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Ine Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread MarvinC
Then I concur with Bonnie. Also download the FRSDiag and Ultrasound tools from Microsoft. They're free and may be useful in helping to diagnose replication issues. The FRSDiag tools will allow you to force replication between two DC's and generate errors and information to help troubleshoot the

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread MarvinC
Open AD Domains Trusts console. Right-click the domain and select Properties. Here you should see them both. To view the FSMO roles drop to a command prompt, type ntdsutil and press Enter. From here type ? to see your options. Post back if unable to locate the correct options. gl On Fri, Mar

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Michael Reid
[mailto:mike...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again? Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that and they reset

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread MarvinC
Here's the command line to do this from a DOS prompt: nltest /SERVER:servername /dsgetdc:domain.name On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM, MarvinC marv...@gmail.com wrote: Open AD Domains Trusts console. Right-click the domain and select Properties. Here you should see them both. To view the

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread David Lum
Um...296635 minutes is about 205 days, it's been broken a long, long time -Original Message- From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again? Darn it! I checked

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Free, Bob
stopped, how to get going again? Um...296635 minutes is about 205 days, it's been broken a long, long time -Original Message- From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Cameron Cooper
+1 on the FRSDiag and Ultrasound from MS. These will help you fight the evil FRS monster that pops out every now and then. _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Ine Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Cameron Cooper
Was there a server that wasn't properly demoted? We had something like this that happen years ago, before we integrated Exchange 03 into our environment and had a W2000 and W2003 Std servers on our network. Since replication had occurred within a certain time frame, we had to go in thru Ldap to

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Free, Bob
of letting them replicate directories or OP could very well find himself in a very untenable situation. AKA a Resume Generating Event. L From: MarvinC [mailto:marv...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

2009-03-13 Thread Brian Desmond
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again? Yea I started reading this thread did some quick math in my head and screaming to myself tombstone lifetime, don't let it replicate! -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent