Re: Active directory replication problems



Hi,

Have you checked to make sure the secure channel between these machines
is still intact?

Nltest Overview

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/ea7f8494-ee1e-4d99-b28f-8f2fd8a72df21033.mspx?mfr=true

Harj Singh
Power Your Active Directory Investment
www.specopssoft.com


J wrote:
I can initiate replication from Server1 to Server2 but I cannot initiate
replication from server2 to server1

J


"Harj" <cisqokid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1156280010.760097.26500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

Internal event: Active Directory could not synchronize the following
directory partition with the domain controller at the following network
address.
Directory partition:
DC=mbiri,DC=com
Network address:
d8055eba-fec9-4050-b114-38f977a2022e._msdcs.<domain>.com

There should be something else there such as why it cannot replicate
included with the RPC server is unavailable.
RPC errors are usually, well at least with my experience either an
issue with DNS or ports.

How to troubleshoot RPC Endpoint Mapper errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=839880

To get DNS out of the picture I would do the following
I would first point the W2K DC to the W2K3 SBS server for primary DNS.
I would delete the automatic connection objects within sites and
services (hoping they are there in the first place)
From the W2K command prompt type in ipconfig /flushdns & ipconfig
/registerdns & net stop netlogon & net start netlogon.
Wait for the connection objects to be recreated by the KCC and the stop
and start the NTFRS service on both machines and then see what kind of
errors you are getting.

You mention that you can telnet on port 135, well that is good but how
about the following ports?

Port/protocol
RPC endpoint mapper
135/tcp, 135/udp

Network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) name service
137/tcp, 137/udp

NetBIOS datagram service
138/udp

NetBIOS session service
139/tcp

RPC dynamic assignment
1024-65535/tcp

Server message block (SMB) over IP (Microsoft-DS)
445/tcp, 445/udp

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
389/tcp

LDAP ping
389/udp

LDAP over SSL
636/tcp

Global catalog LDAP
3268/tcp

Global catalog LDAP over SSL
3269/tcp

Kerberos
88/tcp, 88/udp

Domain Name Service (DNS)
53/tcp1, 53/udp


Active Directory Replication over Firewalls

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/technologies/activedirectory/deploy/confeat/adrepfir.mspx

I would try first what I mentioned above in regards to DNS.
Just because you can ping a machine with FQDN does not tell me that DNS
is working fine. Pinging by name resolution is great but how about
service records?

Harj Singh
Power Your Active Directory Investment
www.specopssoft.com


J wrote:
Hi,
I'm sorry for posting this in seperate locations. I just subscribed
to
this newsgroup. I have SBS 2003 as the PDC and 2000 as a domain
controller
in another site. I've been having AD replication problems. I checked
DNS
and it seems to be configured properly. I used DNSLint and didn't find
any
problems with name resolution. Is there a way can repair AD without
havin
to reinstall SBS 2003? Is there a utility that I can run to do more
troublshooting.

In the event log, there are some entries...

1722 The RPC server is unavailable - I can telnet on port 135...I can do
a
net view \\<servername> successfully

Internal event: Active Directory could not synchronize the following
directory partition with the domain controller at the following network
address.
Directory partition:
DC=mbiri,DC=com
Network address:
d8055eba-fec9-4050-b114-38f977a2022e._msdcs.<domain>.com


Any ideas will be great

Thanks in advance

J


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