Re: Knowledge Consistency Checker (Urgent !!!)

From: Chris Hall (someone_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:40:30 -0500

You don't mention whether you're using windows 2000 or 2003. I've only used
2000, so here's some info on that. From my experience, a problem like this
is the result of dns problems. Make sure your DC(s) only point to the
internal dns.

How to verify an active directory installation:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;298143

Troubleshooting Event ID:1311:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214745/EN-US/

Setting up the domain name system for active directory:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237675

How to Promote and Demote domain controllers in windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;238369

"Teo Ee Seng" <eesteo@ncheo.com> wrote in message
news:02ee01c4f859$aa266fc0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Pls Help....
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: NTDS KCC
> Event Category: Knowledge Consistency Checker
> Event ID: 1311
> Date: 1/11/2005
> Time: 8:45:48 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer: DOMAINS2
> Description:
> The Directory Service consistency checker has determined
> that either (a) there is not enough physical connectivity
> published via the Active Directory Sites and Services
> Manager to create a spanning tree connecting all the
> sites containing the Partition
> DC=WPADMIN,DC=NCHEO,DC=com, or (b) replication cannot be
> performed with one or more critical servers in order for
> changes to propagate across all sites (most often due to
> the servers being unreachable).
>
> For (a), please use the Active Directory Sites and
> Services Manager to do one of the following:
> 1. Publish sufficient site connectivity information such
> that the system can infer a route by which this Partition
> can reach this site. This option is preferred.
> 2. Add an ntdsConnection object to a Domain Controller
> that contains the Partition DC=WPADMIN,DC=NCHEO,DC=com in
> this site from a Domain Controller that contains the same
> Partition in another site.
>

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