Re: Global Catalog %%5?



I have also noticed, running the 'dcdiag /v /s:servername| find "%"' command
now produces:

%%5
%%5
%%5
%%5
%%5
%%5
%%5

instead of a single %%5.

"indelljo" wrote:

There are two errors that have appeared for the first time today. They are:

NDTS General 1126
Active Directory was unable to establish a connection with the global
catalog.

Additional Data
Error value:
1460 This operation returned because the timeout period expired.
Internal ID:
3200cbb

User Action:
Make sure a global catalog is available in the forest, and is reachable from
this domain controller. You may use the nltest utility to diagnose this
problem.

and

NTDS Replication 2087
Active Directory could not resolve the following DNS host name of the source
domain controller to an IP address. This error prevents additions, deletions
and changes in Active Directory from replicating between one or more domain
controllers in the forest. Security groups, group policy, users and computers
and their passwords will be inconsistent between domain controllers until
this error is resolved, potentially affecting logon authentication and access
to network resources.

Source domain controller:
server1
Failing DNS host name:
xxx._msdcs.domain.com

NOTE: By default, only up to 10 DNS failures are shown for any given 12 hour
period, even if more than 10 failures occur. To log all individual failure
events, set the following diagnostics registry value to 1:

Registry Path:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Diagnostics\22 DS RPC Client

User Action:

1) If the source domain controller is no longer functioning or its
operating system has been reinstalled with a different computer name or
NTDSDSA object GUID, remove the source domain controller's metadata with
ntdsutil.exe, using the steps outlined in MSKB article 216498.

2) Confirm that the source domain controller is running Active directory
and is accessible on the network by typing "net view \\<source DC name>" or
"ping <source DC name>".

3) Verify that the source domain controller is using a valid DNS server for
DNS services, and that the source domain controller's host record and CNAME
record are correctly registered, using the DNS Enhanced version of DCDIAG.EXE
available on http://www.microsoft.com/dns

dcdiag /test:dns

4) Verify that that this destination domain controller is using a valid DNS
server for DNS services, by running the DNS Enhanced version of DCDIAG.EXE
command on the console of the destination domain controller, as follows:

dcdiag /test:dns

5) For further analysis of DNS error failures see KB 824449:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824449

Additional Data
Error value:
11004 The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was
found.

after seeing the second error message, I ran both dcdiag /testdns and net
view \\server. Both passed.



"Jorge Silva" wrote:

did you checked the logs and the reason why these changes were not
replicated?

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===================================
I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services
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"indelljo" <indelljo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Events logs were clean, so was netdiag.

dcdiag had these errors:

Starting test: NCSecDesc
[SERVER1] LDAP search failed with error 58,
The specified server cannot perform the requested operation..
......................... SERVER1 failed test NCSecDesc
Starting test: Advertising
Warning: SERVER1 has not finished promoting to be a GC.
Check the event log for domains that cannot be replicated.
Warning: SERVER1 is not advertising as a global catalog.
Check that server finished GC promotion.
Check the event log on server that enough source replicas for the GC are
available.
......................... SERVER1 failed test Advertising

"Jorge Silva" wrote:

Run dcdiag and netdiag on the DC and check for errors.
Also have a look at eventlog.

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===================================
I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services
===================================

"indelljo" <indelljo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The first issue is in regard to Outlook address books. There are
issues
with
the retrieving address books; you often have to try several times
before
it
can display addresses. Another issue was with Exchange 2007.
Installation
failed the prerequisite check because of a DC communication issue. If
I
go
to the dc in question and remove its role as a global catalog server,
the
issues go away.

"Jorge Silva" wrote:

Hi
Can you explain us what problems are you having with that GC?

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===================================
I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services
===================================

"indelljo" <indelljo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am having global catalog issue so I ran this command:
dcdiag /v /s:servername| find "%"

One global catalog responds with
%%5

I assume it means the catalog is not replicating properly. Does
anyone
know
what the issue is and how to fix it? Event logs are clean. Thanks.









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