RE: Contents of Sysvol Policies folder different on 2 DCs

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Hello Kevin,

Thank you for posting in newsgroup.

From your description, the issue is that the SVSVOL folder doesn't get
synchronized when you create a new group policy.

First, it is not accurate to check the replication through the amount of
elements in the SYSVOL folder. When a file is modified or created, it is
copied to the staging area first and wait to be replicated to its partner.
This will result to a different amount of elements in SYSVOL folder between
DCs.

To check Group Policy objects (GPOs) for consistency on each domain
controller, I'd like to introduce you 'GPOtool.exe'.

- GPOtool.exe

The tool can be used to check the health of the Group Policy objects on
domain controllers. It determines whether the policies are valid and
displays detailed information about replicated GPOs.

It ships with the Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit and is
available as a free download at the link below:

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-
96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

Hope this helps.


Miles Li
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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