Re: sysvol replication problems



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"Paul" <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> We have (2) Win2k DCs w/SP4. We are preparing to add a Win2k3 DC to the
the
> Win2k domain. However, there is an error showing up when we run DCDIAG.
On
> the first DC, which seems to be causing the problem, the DCDIAG log has
this
> error:
>
> "Starting test: frssysvol
> * The File Replication Service SYSVOL ready test
> File Replication Service's SYSVOL is ready
> ......................... bigdawg1 passed test frssysvol
> Starting test: frsevent
> * The File Replication Service Event log test
> There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after
the
>
> SYSVOL has been shared. Failing SYSVOL replication problems may
> cause
>
> Group Policy problems.
> An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0003500
> Time Generated: 12/07/2005 19:04:04
> (Event String could not be retrieved)
> ......................... bigdawg1 failed test frsevent"
>
>
> The second DC, which performs all of the operational roles for the domain,
> has the following error when you run DCDIAG:
>
> "Starting test: frssysvol
> * The File Replication Service SYSVOL ready test
> File Replication Service's SYSVOL is ready
> ......................... ESCNT2 passed test frssysvol
> Starting test: frsevent
> * The File Replication Service Event log test
> There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after
the
>
> SYSVOL has been shared. Failing SYSVOL replication problems may
> cause
>
> Group Policy problems.
> An Warning Event occured. EventID: 0x800034C4
> Time Generated: 12/08/2005 05:25:47
> (Event String could not be retrieved)
> ......................... ESCNT2 failed test frsevent"
>
>
> The event log on bigdawg2 has the following event:
>
> "The File Replication Service is having trouble enabling replication from
> ESCNT1 to ESCNT2 for c:\winnt\sysvol\domain using the DNS name
> escnt1.escdist.com. FRS will keep retrying. Following are some of the
> reasons you would see this warning.
>
> [1] FRS can not correctly resolve the DNS name escnt1.escdist.com from
this
> computer.
> [2] FRS is not running on escnt1.escdist.com.
> [3] The topology information in the Active Directory for this replica has
> not yet replicated to all the Domain Controllers.
>
> This event log message will appear once per connection, After the problem
is
> fixed you will see another event log message indicating that the
connection
> has been established."
>
>
> I have verified that [1] and [2] are not the problem, but I don't know how
> to verify that [3] is not the problem, or is this even a problem I should
be
> concerned with.
>
>
> Please help.........Paul


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