Re: missing global catalog

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Thanks for your suggestions on resolving my issue Ace; I'm sorry I wasn't
able to reply sooner.

The output of ipconfig:

C:\Documents and Settings\bstreet>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : bstreet-99V3879
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : cinco.AppDancer.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : cinco.AppDancer.com
cinco.appdancer.com
AppDancer.com

Ethernet adapter WiFi Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cinco.appdancer.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-4E-4A-C7-BE
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.116
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.8
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.8
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.8
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 04, 2005
3:04:58 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 12, 2005
3:04:58 PM

Ethernet adapter SonicWALL Virtual Adapter:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SonicWALL VPN Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-73-E7-24-A4
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.128
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 04, 2005
9:34:35 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 04, 2006
9:34:35 AM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Mobile
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-60-CF-43-E7
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.172.124.138
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 209.172.124.129
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.81.59.2
209.81.9.151

In answer to your questions:

The name of my dns zone is cinco.appdancer.com and it allows dynamic updates.

The AD namespace starts at cinco.appdancer.com; the server (codai) is the
forest root for the domain (it is the only dc I have).

The _msdcs.gc folder did not exist. I ticked the gc box and rebooted my dc.
The _msdcs.gc folder now exists.

I presume the SRV records you are referring to are the _msdcs, _sites, _tcp
and _udp folders directly underneath the dns zone? The msdcs.gc folder now
contains the IP address of the dc.

I ran dcdiag on the dc again and the results are:

C:\WINNT\Resource Kit>dcdiag

Domain Controller Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CODAI
Starting test: Connectivity
......................... CODAI passed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CODAI
Starting test: Replications
......................... CODAI passed test Replications
Starting test: NCSecDesc
......................... CODAI passed test NCSecDesc
Starting test: NetLogons
......................... CODAI passed test NetLogons
Starting test: Advertising
......................... CODAI passed test Advertising
Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
Warning: CN="NTDS Settings
DEL:345ae9b7-4ba3-4084-8684-5d6c9d59800b",CN="CINCOSERVER
DEL:e56ed66a-62ee-46e8-9f7b-dbc794d8bffc",CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=cinco,DC=AppDancer,DC=c
om is the Schema Owner, but is deleted.
......................... CODAI failed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
Starting test: RidManager
......................... CODAI passed test RidManager
Starting test: MachineAccount
......................... CODAI passed test MachineAccount
Starting test: Services
......................... CODAI passed test Services
Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
......................... CODAI passed test ObjectsReplicated
Starting test: frssysvol
......................... CODAI passed test frssysvol
Starting test: kccevent
......................... CODAI passed test kccevent
Starting test: systemlog
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x0000168E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:46:51
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x0000168E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:46:51
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x0000168E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:46:51
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x0000168E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:46:53
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x0000168E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:46:54
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x0000168E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:46:57
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x0000168E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:47:06
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x0000168E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:47:12
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x0000168E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:47:13
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0001B6E
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:49:45
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000378
Time Generated: 10/04/2005 15:49:46
(Event String could not be retrieved)
......................... CODAI failed test systemlog

Running enterprise tests on : cinco.AppDancer.com
Starting test: Intersite
......................... cinco.AppDancer.com passed test Intersite
Starting test: FsmoCheck
......................... cinco.AppDancer.com passed test FsmoCheck

The only tests it seems to have a problem with are KnowsOfRoleHolders and
systemlog. I'd like to think I'm closer to repairing the damage to the dc.

What would you suggest at this point?

Thank you,
Brian.

"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:39B5222C-D751-4457-B1EC-3E362F429BAA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Brian <Brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made this post, which I then
> commented about below:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been trying to prep my existing domain controller for a
> > migration from W2K to W2K3. I want to build a new domain because the
> > existing domain reflects the old company name.
> >
> > Anyway, I'm having dns issues among others and I ran dcdiags to get a
> > clue as to what I need to do to fix this bugger.
> >
> > The output from dcdiag is:
> >
> > Domain Controller Diagnosis
> >
> > Performing initial setup:
> > Done gathering initial info.
> >
> > Doing initial required tests
> >
> > Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CODAI
> > Starting test: Connectivity
> > ......................... CODAI passed test Connectivity
> >
> > Doing primary tests
> >
> > Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CODAI
> > Starting test: Replications
> > ......................... CODAI passed test Replications
> > Starting test: NCSecDesc
> > ......................... CODAI passed test NCSecDesc
> > Starting test: NetLogons
> > ......................... CODAI passed test NetLogons
> > Starting test: Advertising
> > ......................... CODAI passed test Advertising
> > Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
> > Warning: CN="NTDS Settings
> > DEL:345ae9b7-4ba3-4084-8684-5d6c9d59800b",CN="CINCOSERVER
> > DEL:e56ed66a-62ee-46e8-9f7b-dbc794d8bffc",CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=cinco,DC=AppDancer,DC=c
> > om is the Schema Owner, but is deleted.
> > ......................... CODAI failed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
> > Starting test: RidManager
> > ......................... CODAI passed test RidManager
> > Starting test: MachineAccount
> > ......................... CODAI passed test MachineAccount
> > Starting test: Services
> > RPCLOCATOR Service is stopped on [CODAI]
> > ......................... CODAI failed test Services
> > Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
> > ......................... CODAI passed test ObjectsReplicated
> > Starting test: frssysvol
> > ......................... CODAI passed test frssysvol
> > Starting test: kccevent
> > ......................... CODAI passed test kccevent
> > Starting test: systemlog
> > ......................... CODAI passed test systemlog
> >
> > Running enterprise tests on : cinco.AppDancer.com
> > Starting test: Intersite
> > ......................... cinco.AppDancer.com passed test
> > Intersite Starting test: FsmoCheck
> > Warning: DcGetDcName(GC_SERVER_REQUIRED) call failed, error
> > 1355 A Global Catalog Server could not be located - All GC's
> > are down. ......................... cinco.AppDancer.com
> > failed test FsmoCheck
> >
> >
> > So, I may have more than one issue to resolve for the existing
> > domain, but I think the most important one is the GC. Can I recreate
> > a GC? How does one go about replacing a missing GC?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help,
> > Brian.
>
> We'll need more info to go on.
>
> What exactly may have happened to possibly cause this, or has it been
> happening?
> Can you address the questions below please?
>
> 1. Post an unedited ipconfig /all
>
> 2. I see the domain name should be cinco.AppDancer.com. Is that the name of
> the zone in DNS? Does the zone allow updates?
>
> 3. Was this server a child domain of appdancer.com, or does the AD namespace
> start at cinco.AppDancer.com and is this the forest Root DC?
>
> 4. Under that zone name, do the SRV records appear? If so, look under
> _msdcs.gc folder, and see if the GC IP address appears.
>
> 5. Under Sites and Services, expand and drill down until you see the server
> name. You will see an "NTDS" object under it. Rt-click NTDS, choose
> properties, is the GC box ticked for this machine?
>
> --
> Ace
>
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>
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>
> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
> Microsoft Windows MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
> Microsot Certified Trainer
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> =================================
>
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>
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