Re: Problem raising forest functional level to Windows 2003

Hi,

replmon and repladmin /showrepl shows successful replication between the
DC's (ran this on all the DC's and no errors were shown).

A side note: Microsoft Support used the metadata tool to remove a server
that was originally NT and then upgraded to Windows 2003 a few weeks ago
(while my domain was still in mixed mode). I had wanted to just use dcpromo
to demote it but they assured me I would not have any future problems. I'm
wondering if there's still something in AD that thinks the NT isn't gone
yet...

Sly

"Richard Oltmann" <roltmann62@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You have a replication issue. load replmon, it is part of the support
> tools and check replication
>
> Richard
> "Sly" <immortalsly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I have two domains in a single forest. All DC's are running Windows
>>Server 2003. I've raised both domains from 2000 native to 2003. Now I'm
>>trying to raise the forest functional level from Windows 2000 to 2003. I
>>keep getting the message "You cannot raise the forest functional
>>level......one or more domains in the forest are still at Windows 2000
>>mixed functional level or Windows 2003 functional level". OK, so I save
>>the file for details and it shows one of my domain is Windows 2000 mixed.
>>But it's not. If I go to raise that domain, it shows Windows Server 2003
>>and that it's "operating at the highest possible functional level". I've
>>waited over 24 hours to clear any replication issues. I've tried raising
>>the level from the forest root DC and also from the DC of the domain that
>>it claims is still in 2000 mixed. Anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sly
>>
>
>


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