DCPromo - replication failed "Directory Object not found"



Hello,

I am getting the following error while trying to add additional domain
controller to an existing domain planet01.bigad.local . It seem to replicate
all data, stop/start the netlogon service, but I get the error "Directory
Object not found"...

=============================
FOREST: bigad.local (AD Zone DNS)
DC: planet01.bigad.local
DC Computer: testad02.planet01.bigad.local
OS: W2K3 Ent SP1

Because of the known issue with SP1 and some firewalls, I also tried to
setup a TESTAD in the same site as TESTAD02 to see if the problem happens
again, and it did! (So I suppose the Firewall RPC shouldn't be a problem).

The other thing that might be the issue is that we have another
forest/domain in the network, called FIRSTAD.LOCAL. this DC has DNS as well.
All DCs have two-
way trust relationship and I have added secondary zone on each of these DNS
server.
-> So, could this error be caused by DNS? I tried to add suffix
'planet01.bigad.local' on the computer that we are trying to add to domain
but it didn't seem to help.

Error Message:
============
The operation failed because:

Active Directory is missing critical information after installation and
cannot continue. If this is a replica domain controller, rejoin this server
to the domain.

"Directory object not found."

Event Log:
=============

The attempt to establish a replication link for the following writable
directory partition failed.

Directory partition:
DC=planet01,DC=bigad,DC=local
Source domain controller:
CN=NTDS Settings,CN=TESTAD3,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-
Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=bigad,DC=local
Source domain controller address:
bf1354e3-e3ab-5d3b-9fec-845a39b82b8d._msdcs.bigad.local
Intersite transport (if any):


This domain controller will be unable to replicate with the source domain
controller until this problem is corrected.

User Action
Verify if the source domain controller is accessible or network connectivity
is available.

Additional Data
Error value:
1726 The remote procedure call failed.


.



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