Re: W2K DC Rplction prob
- From: Jorge_de_Almeida_Pinto <UseLinkToEmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 11 Aug 2005 15:35:40 -0400
"" wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Im at my witts end with a problem involving domain control
> replacement.
>
> Heres what happened:
>
> About a month ago, a domain controller in my network went to
> the great
> computer god in the sky (hardware failure). So, since I could
> not demote it,
> I used the ntdsutil and removed it from AD. I waited a good
> day for
> everything to converge and replicate everywhere. I checked to
> see if there
> were any lingering issues with that domain controller on ANY
> of my other DCs.
> Everthing looked good.
>
> So, i bought a new server.
> -made it a member with a completely different name.
> -waited for it to appear in all my DCs in the COMPUTERS
> contained in my
> domain (one forrest, two domains btw).
> -then made it a DC via dcpromo.
> -Made it a DNS server secondary to the master.
> -Made it a wins server to help out the old 98 machines.
> -it made some automatic links in the NTDS settings under SITES
> AND SERVICES
> to a couple of the DCs. It put the server in the right site
> based on its IP
> as well.
> -I waited again for this to all converge (waited a day).
> -made it a global catalog
> Everything looked good.
>
> Heres where the prob started:
>
> No user at that site can log in. It keeps giving me "your
> password is
> incorrect" or "no domain server avail for your site" etc...
> Its DHCP service
> is handin gout IPs fine. I look in my DC that is handle most
> of my FSMO roles
> and it shows that the DC in question is having some problems.
>
>
> Errors in the event log of the NEW DC are:
>
> EVENT ID 1000 Userenv
> Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO The file must
> be present at
> the location <>. (). Group Policy processing aborted.
>
> and
>
> EVENT ID 1000 Userenv
> Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects . A
> message that
> describes the reason for this was previously logged by this
> policy engine.
>
> Also, when i goto my main DC, the one that handles my fsmo
> roles, i cant use
> the SNAP in to connect to any options (such as the event
> viewer, or say
> services) on the new DC. But, if I go to a completely diff
> DC, I can look at
> it fine.
>
> I just demoted it to a member server. It has a SAM entry and
> look s fine
> (other than i cant connect to any of the features through the
> MMC on another
> DC).
>
> It also shows this EVENT ID:
>
> EVENT ID SAM 12296
> The SAM database attempted to clear the directory
> C:WINNTNTDS in order to
> remove files that were once used by the Directory Service. The
> error is in
> record data. Please have an admin delete these files.
>
>
> any help greatly appreciated.
were there other errors in the event logs?
did you run DCDIAG /V
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