Re: New workstation - Folder re-direction not working
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Date: 10/07/04
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:00:35 +0100
<Default> wrote in message news:N5udnYjVofk5zPncRVnyvw@giganews.com...
>
> "Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" <cwshultz@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:el9ysjzqEHA.2588@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Andy,
> >
> > Not thinking straight!
> >
> > First and foremost install the WIN2000 Support Tools on all of your DCs
(
> > better from the Service Pack 4 CD or separate download than from the
> WIN2000
> > Server CD ) and run the f
> ollowing:
> >
> > dcdiag /c /v >c:\dcdiagdcXX.log where c:\dcdiagdcXX.log is each
Domain
> > Controller
> > netdiag /fix
> > netdiag /v >c:\netdiagdcXX.log
> > repadmin /showreps /v >c:\repadminrepsdcXX.log
> > repadmin /showconn >c:\repadminconndcXX.log
> > replmon
> >
> > You might also want to install the Support Tools on a couple of
> workstations
> > and run the netdiag utility to see what pops up there....
> >
> > Cary
> >
> >
> > "Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" <cwshultz@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:eNBCYgzqEHA.1576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Andy,
> > >
> > > Take a look at DNS. This could be a contributing factor to a lot of
> your
> > > problems. Make sure that all computers are pointing ONLY to your
> internal
> > > DNS Server(s) and that the IP Address of your ISP's DNS Server(s)
appear
> > in
> > > only one spot - in the Forwarders tab in the DNS MMC! How do your
> clients
> > > get their DHCP lease? via a WIN2000 DHCP Server or from some network
> > > hardware device ( such as a Firewall or Router )?
> > >
> > > If DNS is not working well then you will have a ton of problems. Make
> > sure
> > > that you have all four of the subfolders ( the _msdcs, _tcp, _udp and
> > > _sites ) and that they are all populated accordingly. You might want
to
> > > take a look at nslookup as well as dnslint to help you with the
> > > troubleshooting there. I would work on that first and foremost.
> > >
> > > To look at the FRS problems you want to take a look at frsdiag first
and
> > > then possibly sonar and/or ultrasound.
> > >
> > > The GPOs will not work if DNS and / or FRS are not working properly.
> > > Remember that GPOs are comprised of two parts: the GPT and the GPC.
The
> > > Group Policy Template is the part that needs FRS and the Group Policy
> > > Container is the part that needs DNS ( as it lives in AD.......thus,
it
> > need
> > > replication, which needs DNS to be inorder! ). What happens if you
> create
> > a
> > > test user on DC01? Does it ever show up on DC02? And what happens in
> you
> > > put a small .txt file in the SYSVOL shared folder on DC01? Does it
show
> > up
> > > in the SYSVOL shared folder on DC02? What happens if you do a 'net
> share'
> > > at a command prompt on each DC? What do you see?
> > >
> > > You definitely want to make sure that time is synched up as kerberos
> > > requires, by default, that all computers be within five minutes of
each
> > > other. Otherwise you will have kerberos problems....
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Cary
> > >
> > > <Default> wrote in message news:65CdnWWX3qCsQ__cRVnygg@giganews.com...
> > > >
> > > > "Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" <cwshultz@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > > > news:OUP12ZnqEHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Andy,
> > > > >
> > > > > Maybe. There is something that WINXP does that causes problems
> with
> > a
> > > > lot
> > > > > of things, logon scripts, GPOs, etc. etc. etc. This 'something'
is
> > > called
> > > > > Fast Logon Optimization. Before I was aware of it a couple of
years
> > > back
> > > > it
> > > > > causes a lot of confusion for the WINXP Pro users.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, take a look at the following MSKB Article:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305293
> > > > >
> > > > > HTH,
> > > > >
> > > > > Cary
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, another interesting article to digest. We are having tons of
> > > > problems at the moment, FRS replication is failing, Group policies
are
> > > > poorly, AD, Security, time service, Kerberos and it goes on. 9
Server
> 5
> > > DC's
> > > > 650 Clients, 1600 users. All working fine at the end of the last
> school
> > > > year, all not working fine right now. Arrrgh. There are times when I
> > like
> > > > working in IT, now isn't one of those!
> > > >
> > > > Andy.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
> Carly,
>
> Thanks for the help. The support tools are an old friend of mine, however
I
> believe I have found the source of the problem with help from Solar Winds
> Orion network monitor. One Allied Telesyn managed switch that was
suffering
> 60% packet loss. This switch connected most of our servers together. I am
> annoyed at myself for focussing too tightly on Windows server issues and
not
> checking the LAN beyond simple pings.
>
> Purchasing some network management / monitoring software is at the top of
my
> list. Not sure we can afford the $14,000 for the full Orion software. Does
> MOM offer any network performance management?
>
> New switch going in Thursday morning, I will post back here tomorrow in
case
> anyone is interested!
>
> Cheersm
>
> Andy.
>
New switch not arrived yet so a plain vanilla Dlink 10/100 is filling in. No
packet loss recorded today, the event logs are spookily empty. Just a
comment on dcdiag and netdiag, when we were experiencing issues these tests
passed on everything but the fact that there were replication errors in the
event log.
Andy.
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