Re: Replication problems

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Thanks for your quick response Ace, but I have tried metadata clean and found
nothing. There are no invalid servers listed in sites and services. From
everything I have looked at it, it appears OK. I should have mentioned that
before, that what makes the situation even more preplexing. What additional
actions can I take from here?



"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:87A3F7EE-CF35-4BD9-8FEE-6045F0E0E96D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> mortega110 <mortega110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made this post, which I
> then commented about below:
> > Envirnoment :
> > I have a total for 10 DC's - 9 Win03 in domain A and 1 Win2K in
> > domain B. Two of the DC's are GCs and DNS servers.
> > Primary DNS and GC - Server01
> > Secondary DNS and GC - Server02
> > A total of 8 sites
> > - Default site has 3 DCs (primary DNS, and Win2k server in
> > domain B)
> > - All other sites have one DC (all Win03)
> >
> > I brought a tombstone server online (which at the time I didn't
> > realize it, I know, shame on me) and I have replication problems now.
> > Server1 has no "bad" events in the DS event logs. Server02 (as well
> > as the other 7 in domain A) have hundreds of events in the DS logs.
> > Every 15 minutes they recieve 1311, 1566, and 1865 messages. When
> > they do attempt to replicate on schedule I see 1988 events. Replmon
> > on the server1 shows **Deleted Server (about 16 instances). The
> > other DCs replmons do not show these servers but do show that they
> > are unable to replicate with the DCs in the default site DC's.
> >
> > When I do attempt to use repadmin /removelingeringobjects I recieve
> > the following message: DsReplicaVerifyObjectsW<> failed.
> >
> > I am a bit lost from here. I appericate any help and thank you for
> > your patience in the log read.
>
> Try a Metadata Cleanup (choose your operating system):
>
> Clean up server metadata Active Directory 2003:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Operations/012793ee-5e8c-4a5c-9f66-4a486a7114fd.mspx
>
> 216498 - HOW TO Remove Data in Active Directory After an Unsuccessful Domain
> Controller Demotion: (2000)
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498
>
> And make sure it's out of Sites and Services too:
> 216364 - Domain Controller Server Object Not Removed After Demotion:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q216364
>
> --
> Ace
>
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> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Directory Services
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