Re: Need to start from scratch..?
From: Enkidu (enkidu_at_xyzcliffpxyz.com)
Date: 04/22/04
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:24:27 +1200
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:57:17 -0400, Brad Berson <userj@no.spam> wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:08:31 +1200, Enkidu <enkidu@xyzcliffpxyz.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:20:39 -0400, Brad Berson <userj@no.spam> wrote:
>>
>>>This is the kind of thing that needs a newsgroup called
>>>microsoft.public.oh.my.god...
>>>
>>>Have a single-server office with the one server acting as the sole DC,
>>>runs Win2K SP4 and E2K SP3. Has about a dozen active users and 4GB of
>>>mailbox data in Exchange.
>>>
>>>The box has been hiccuping for months and all the reboots and screwy
>>>consultants have left it with subtle but substantial metabase
>>>corruption (all kinds of bits missing from the metabse schema) and a
>>>domain that can't be recognised by the clients or be joined to. All
>>>functionality right now works, but only on the level of pass-through
>>>authentication. Frankly it's a miracle any of it works at all.
>>>
>>>It looks like I'm going to need to rebuild the server from scratch...
>>>meaning: export the accounts, back up file data, back up Exchange,
>>>blow away the partitions, install Windows, drivers, Exchange, patches,
>>>etc., import accounts, restore file data and restore Exchange.
>>>
>>>Anyone have any tips for me before I embark down this dark, winding
>>>road??
>>>
>>>And specifically, what happens with the original SIDs vs Exchange
>>>mailboxes, etc?
>>>
>>>Or is there another way that doesn't involve selling my soul to Satan?
>>>
>>Can you hire a machine for a month or so? I'd hesitate to do all that
>>at once! I'd get in a hire machine, install it as a second DC, move
>>eveything across, and rebuild and move everything back. That's
>>assuming that you can get it to play AD with the old one. If not
>>rebuild on the hire machine, wipe and rebuild the old one (empty) and
>>move everything across,
>
>I already considered the idea of putting in a temporary server but I
>can't even get machines to join the domain, much less become a domain
>controller! The output from DCDIAG is not promising...
>
> Starting test: Connectivity
> *** Warning: could not confirm the identity of this server in
> the directory versus the names returned by DNS servers.
> If there are problems accessing this directory server then
> you may need to check that this server is correctly registered
> with DNS
>
> Starting test: FsmoCheck
> Warning: DcGetDcName(PDC_REQUIRED) call failed, error 1355
> A Primary Domain Controller could not be located.
> The server holding the PDC role is down.
> ......................... DOMAIN.com failed test FsmoCheck
>
>There are also failures to register the RR in DNS, and MS's tech notes
>that apply to that symptom are not relevant. And I'm getting Event
>1202s every five minutes, "Security policies are propagated with
>warning. 0x4b8 : An extended error has occurred." And once again,
>MS's tech note (re Power Users) is not applicable.
>
>As a last resort I'm going to take a stab at rebuilding the domain
>database (in SYSVOL?) to see if that brings the domain back to life,
>but the fact that MetaEdit's "check" function turned up so many
>inconsistencies in the metabase, and the fact that NTFRS also needed
>to be reset (was getting "The File Replication Service has detected
>that the replica set "DOMAIN SYSTEM VOLUME (SYSVOL SHARE)" is in
>JRNL_WRAP_ERROR"), makes me doubt it's worth the effort to invest much
>more time in cleaning up the mess on this box.
>
I think you are right. A rebuild from scratch looks to be the best
course. How did it ever get in such a mess? (Rhetorical question)
Cheers,
Cliff
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