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hi there,
need help please.
in one network, we have 2 servers:
SERVER-1: domain server. first created.
SERVER-2: work as terminal server.
and 1 NAS (synology old version), connect Domain and copy AD using LDAP.
on SERVER-2 joined domain on SERVER-1, and copy Active directory.
everything was going well until I applied Fix356729.
now server-2 need 8-10 minutes to log on, and NAS can’t reach AD on SERVER-1. so users can’t access NAS with AD logon information, must use internal logon information (provided by that NAS).
on Server-1, has event log:
[CODE]
Log Name: Directory Service
Source: Microsoft-Windows-ActiveDirectory_DomainService
Date: 07/08/2017 8:05:13
Event ID: 2092
Task Category: Replication
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: ANONYMOUS LOGON
Computer: SERVER.mydomain.id
Description:This server is the owner of the following FSMO role, but does not consider it valid. For the partition which contains the FSMO, this server has not replicated successfully with any of its partners since this server has been restarted. Replication errors are
preventing validation of this role.
Operations which require contacting a FSMO operation master will fail until this condition is corrected.
FSMO Role: DC=mydomain,DC=id
User Action:
1. Initial synchronization is the first early replications done by a system as it is starting. A failure to initially synchronize may explain why a FSMO role cannot be validated. This process is explained in KB article 305476.
2. This server has one or more replication partners, and replication is failing for all of these partners. Use the command repadmin /showrepl to display the replication errors. Correct the error in question. For example there maybe problems with IP connectivity,
DNS name resolution, or security authentication that are preventing successful replication.
3. In the rare event that all replication partners being down is an expected occurance, perhaps because of maintenance or a disaster recovery, you can force the role to be validated. This can be done by using NTDSUTIL.EXE to seize the role to the same server.
This may be done using the steps provided in KB articles 255504 and 324801 on http://support.microsoft.com.
The following operations may be impacted:
Schema: You will no longer be able to modify the schema for this forest.
Domain Naming: You will no longer be able to add or remove domains from this forest.
PDC: You will no longer be able to perform primary domain controller operations, such as Group Policy updates and password resets for non-Active Directory Domain Services accounts.
RID: You will not be able to allocation new security identifiers for new user accounts, computer accounts or security groups.
Infrastructure: Cross-domain name references, such as universal group memberships, will not be updated properly if their target object is moved or renamed.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns=»http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event»>
<System>
<Provider Name=»Microsoft-Windows-ActiveDirectory_DomainService» Guid=»{0e8478c5-3605-4e8c-8497-1e730c959516}» EventSourceName=»NTDS Replication» />
<EventID Qualifiers=»32768″>2092</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>5</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime=»2017-08-07T01:05:13.571822600Z» />
<EventRecordID>23807</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID=»712″ ThreadID=»872″ />
<Channel>Directory Service</Channel>
<Computer>SERVER.mydomain.id</Computer>
<Security UserID=»S-1-5-7″ />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>DC=mydomain,DC=id</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>[/CODE]
need help please.
We have a small Windows domain with 2 Domain Controllers running Windows Server 2012.
Today I went into the Group Policy Management Console to edit the Default Domain Policy to add a few new IPs to our firewall rules.
Upon doing this, a coworker reported not being able to access file shares on our web server (on the domain) and the Primary Domain Controller. I experienced the same issue.
Running gpupdate on a client resulted in errors for 2 Group Policy Objects, referring to 2 GUIDs not being accessible. I went back into the
Group Policy Management Console , found those 2 GPOs, and disabled them. 1 of the GPOs was the one I had been editing, the other was unrelated.
Disabling the GPOs allowed gpupdate to work on clients, and this also restored file share functionality for some reason.
I checked the replication status and versions of the GPOs on both Domain Controllers. Both GPOs showed one DC as still waiting on a sync. One of the GPOs had mismatched version numbers.
I created a new GPO and let it sync, and this worked fine. I was also able to import the settings of the original GPO and it worked. Some time shortly after, the file shares broke again. Disabling the offending GPO (this time it was only the Default Domain Policy) again restored the file shares.
I followed this guide: http://jackstromberg.com/2014/07/sysvol-and-group-policy-out-of-sync-on-server-2012-r2-dcs-using-dfs… Opens a new window and everything appeared to work, except I never got the 2002 Event ID in the Event Viewer.
The AD Replication Status tool showed no error.
I tried creating a new GPO again and importing the backed up settings, and things broke again.
Event Viewer reported various errors, including errors about the journal. I performed the suggested command for the journal error (something I have encountered before), ran through the linked guide again, and disabled the offending GPO again.
File share services were back up and running.
The AD Replication Status Tool reported error 1908 («Could
not find the domain controller for this domain») for one server (the
«destination» server being the primary DC and the «source» being the
secondary DC).
I decided to let it sit and just monitor it as users need access to their files.
I checked the AD Replication Status Tool about 2 hours later and the 1908 error had disappeared.
Generating a Diagnostic Report from DFS Management shows no issues. SYSVOL shows as normal and we don’t have any other replicated shares (we don’t actually use a DFS for use shares). There were warnings about the frequent restarts of services, but these were due to the fact that I was restarting the servers. The last occurrence was at the time of the last reboot of the servers.
For both domain controllers:
DCDIAG shows that both servers pass all tests except for DFSREvent (which just counts warnings/errors in the log over the past 24 hours).
REPADMIN / SHOWREPL shows5 directories/paths and they’re all listed as successful.
REPADMIN /QUEUE shows no replications queued.
NETDOM QUERY FSMO shows the PDC being Schema master, Domain naming master, PDC, RID pool manager, and Infrastructure master.
The remaining issues as I see them are:
About 45 minutes after the last restart, the primary DC logged two entries with Event ID 2092. The secondary DC doesn’t have this event. One is shown here (I’ve redacted our info as [SITE[ and [DOMAIN]):
Text
This server is the owner of the following FSMO role, but does not consider it valid. For the partition which contains the FSMO, this server has not replicated successfully with any of its partners since this server has been restarted. Replication errors are preventing validation of this role. Operations which require contacting a FSMO operation master will fail until this condition is corrected. FSMO Role: CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=[SITE],DC=[DOMAIN] User Action: 1. Initial synchronization is the first early replications done by a system as it is starting. A failure to initially synchronize may explain why a FSMO role cannot be validated. This process is explained in KB article 305476. 2. This server has one or more replication partners, and replication is failing for all of these partners. Use the command repadmin /showrepl to display the replication errors. Correct the error in question. For example there maybe problems with IP connectivity, DNS name resolution, or security authentication that are preventing successful replication. 3. In the rare event that all replication partners being down is an expected occurance, perhaps because of maintenance or a disaster recovery, you can force the role to be validated. This can be done by using NTDSUTIL.EXE to seize the role to the same server. This may be done using the steps provided in KB articles 255504 and 324801 on http://support.microsoft.com. The following operations may be impacted: Schema: You will no longer be able to modify the schema for this forest. Domain Naming: You will no longer be able to add or remove domains from this forest. PDC: You will no longer be able to perform primary domain controller operations, such as Group Policy updates and password resets for non-Active Directory Domain Services accounts. RID: You will not be able to allocation new security identifiers for new user accounts, computer accounts or security groups. Infrastructure: Cross-domain name references, such as universal group memberships, will not be updated properly if their target object is moved or renamed.
The Default Domain Policy GPO is still disabled. I haven’t tried creating a new policy yet or changing other policies for fear of breaking network share services.
Both Domain Controllers have the proper time set. In the Group Policy Management Console, if I look at the details for a GPO, both Domain Controllers say they are the baseline domain controller for this domain. That is, on DC1 it says «DC1.SITE.domain is the baseline controller for this domain.», and on DC2 it says
«DC2.SITE.domain is the baseline controller for this domain.». Is this relevant?
Any help would be appreciated. I can post redacted DCDIAG or other logs as requested tomorrow, but DCDIAG and the other things I mentioned are now clean other than the DFSREvent test which just counts the number of events.
Do I need to worry about the FSMO 2092 Event on the PDC?
Should I try reimporting the Default Domain Policy GPO from a backup, or should I try creating it (or a blank/minimal GPO) from scratch first?
Any other ideas?
Thanks
I am getting the following error after restoring an original image of DC after a day of running a backup image of the DC.
I have checked the regkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesNTDSParameters where :
afterward, I restarted the AD services but netlogon service failed to start, therefore restarted the DC and netlogon is back but I still get Event ID 2092. What should I do to fix this. Also, users’ network drive is also not connecting when using the DC
name but works with IP instead.
C:Windowssystem32>netdom query FSMO
Schema master CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac
Domain naming master CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac
PDC CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac
RID pool manager CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac
Infrastructure master CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac
The command completed successfully.
Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Trying to find home server…
Home Server = CAPRICORNFF
* Identified AD Forest.
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-NameCAPRICORNFF
Starting test: Connectivity
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-NameCAPRICORNFF
Starting test: Advertising
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test Advertising
Starting test: FrsEvent
There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after the
SYSVOL has been shared. Failing SYSVOL replication problems may cause
Group Policy problems.
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test FrsEvent
Starting test: DFSREvent
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test DFSREvent
Starting test: SysVolCheck
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test SysVolCheck
Starting test: KccEvent
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test KccEvent
Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
Starting test: MachineAccount
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test MachineAccount
Starting test: NCSecDesc
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test NCSecDesc
Starting test: NetLogons
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test NetLogons
Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test ObjectsReplicated
Starting test: Replications
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test Replications
Starting test: RidManager
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test RidManager
Starting test: Services
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test Services
Starting test: SystemLog
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x40000004
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:35
Event String:
The Kerberos client received a KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED error from the server capricornff$. The target name used was DNS/capricornff.fairfield.ac. This indicates that the target server failed to decrypt the ticket provided
by the client. This can occur when the target server principal name (SPN) is registered on an account other than the account the target service is using. Please ensure that the target SPN is registered on, and only registered on, the account used by the server.
This error can also happen when the target service is using a different password for the target service account than what the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) has for the target service account. Please ensure that the service on the server and the KDC
are both updated to use the current password. If the server name is not fully qualified, and the target domain (FAIRFIELD.AC) is different from the client domain (FAIRFIELD.AC), check if there are identically named server accounts in these two domains, or
use the fully-qualified name to identify the server.
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x0000168F
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:35
Event String:
The dynamic deletion of the DNS record ‘_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.fairfield.ac. 600 IN SRV 0 100 88 CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac.’ failed on the following DNS server:
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x0000168F
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:35
Event String:
The dynamic deletion of the DNS record ‘_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.fairfield.ac. 600 IN SRV 0 100 88 CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac.’ failed on the following DNS server:
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x0000168F
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:35
Event String:
The dynamic deletion of the DNS record ‘_kerberos._tcp.fairfield.ac. 600 IN SRV 0 100 88 CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac.’ failed on the following DNS server:
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x0000168F
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:35
Event String:
The dynamic deletion of the DNS record ‘_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.fairfield.ac. 600 IN SRV 0 100 88 CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac.’ failed on the following DNS server:
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x0000168F
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:35
Event String:
The dynamic deletion of the DNS record ‘_kerberos._udp.fairfield.ac. 600 IN SRV 0 100 88 CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac.’ failed on the following DNS server:
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x0000168F
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:35
Event String:
The dynamic deletion of the DNS record ‘_kpasswd._tcp.fairfield.ac. 600 IN SRV 0 100 464 CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac.’ failed on the following DNS server:
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x0000168F
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:35
Event String:
The dynamic deletion of the DNS record ‘_kpasswd._udp.fairfield.ac. 600 IN SRV 0 100 464 CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac.’ failed on the following DNS server:
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x00000C8A
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:39
Event String:
This computer could not authenticate with Portal.fairfield.ac, a Windows domain controller for domain FAIRFIELD, and therefore this computer might deny logon requests. This inability to authenticate might be caused
by another computer on the same network using the same name or the password for this computer account is not recognized. If this message appears again, contact your system administrator.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x8000001D
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:14:43
Event String:
The Key Distribution Center (KDC) cannot find a suitable certificate to use for smart card logons, or the KDC certificate could not be verified. Smart card logon may not function correctly if this problem is not resolved.
To correct this problem, either verify the existing KDC certificate using certutil.exe or enroll for a new KDC certificate.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x000003F6
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:15:27
Event String:
Name resolution for the name fairfield.ac timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x80070003
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:22:11
Event String:
VMDebug driver (version 7.3.4.7) was not enabled. This driver is required by the replay debugging feature of VMware Workstation. If you are using other VMware products or not using replay debugging, please ignore
this message.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x8000001D
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:23:12
Event String:
The Key Distribution Center (KDC) cannot find a suitable certificate to use for smart card logons, or the KDC certificate could not be verified. Smart card logon may not function correctly if this problem is not resolved.
To correct this problem, either verify the existing KDC certificate using certutil.exe or enroll for a new KDC certificate.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x000003F6
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:23:45
Event String:
Name resolution for the name fairfield.ac timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x0000000C
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:24:01
Event String:
Time Provider NtpClient: This machine is configured to use the domain hierarchy to determine its time source, but it is the AD PDC emulator for the domain at the root of the forest, so there is no machine above it in
the domain hierarchy to use as a time source. It is recommended that you either configure a reliable time service in the root domain, or manually configure the AD PDC to synchronize with an external time source. Otherwise, this machine will function as the
authoritative time source in the domain hierarchy. If an external time source is not configured or used for this computer, you may choose to disable the NtpClient.
An error event occurred. EventID: 0xC0001B61
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:24:29
Event String:
A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Kaspersky Endpoint Security Service service to connect.
An error event occurred. EventID: 0xC0001B58
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:24:30
Event String:
The Kaspersky Endpoint Security Service service failed to start due to the following error:
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00000012
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:18
Event String:
The Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol service either could not read the SHA256 certificate hash from the registry or the data is invalid. To be valid, the SHA256 certificate hash must be of type REG_BINARY and 32 bytes
in length. SSTP might not be able to retrieve the value from the registry due to some other system failure. The detailed error message is provided below. SSTP connections will not be accepted on this server. Correct the problem and try again.
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x00004E8A
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Unable to add the interface {36C8181F-08BE-474A-8C8D-3DA1CACC4D1F} with the Router Manager for the IPV6 protocol. The following error occurred: Cannot complete this function.
An error event occurred. EventID: 0x00004E8A
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Unable to add the interface {9039BCB2-5312-4C6C-B0A7-C6FE0A2272D8} with the Router Manager for the IPV6 protocol. The following error occurred: Cannot complete this function.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004EE0
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPsec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as a computer certificate. No L2TP calls will be accepted.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-2 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-1 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-0 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-9 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-8 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-7 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-6 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-5 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-4 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00004ECB
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-3 because of error: A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as
a computer certificate.. No calls will be accepted to this port.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x000727AA
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:27:20
Event String:
The WinRM service failed to create the following SPNs: WSMAN/CAPRICORNFF.fairfield.ac; WSMAN/CAPRICORNFF.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x000003F6
Time Generated: 10/22/2018 11:33:58
Event String:
Name resolution for the name fairfield.ac timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.
……………………. CAPRICORNFF failed test SystemLog
Starting test: VerifyReferences
……………………. CAPRICORNFF passed test VerifyReferences
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. ForestDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. DomainDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : fairfield
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. fairfield passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. fairfield passed test CrossRefValidation
Running enterprise tests on : fairfield.ac
Starting test: LocatorCheck
……………………. fairfield.ac passed test LocatorCheck
Starting test: Intersite
……………………. fairfield.ac passed test Intersite
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Hello all, I’ve a strange problem after a migration from 2003 domain to 2008 domain.
Here is what I’ve done: added a new 2008R2 DC + DNS in exixting 2003 domain (with single DC which hosts also dns), transferred 5 FSMO roles to ned 2008DC, switched off the old 2003DC (that wasn’t still demoted) just to see if everithing was working ok with
the new one; so, in 2 weeks no problems where detected. Yesterday I needed to restart the new 2008DC (the old 2003DC was still off) and after rebooted and waited for such a long time with «applying computer settings» I wasn’t able to access dns console («cannot
find dc2008, do you want to add it anyway?»); in event viewer there was an event 2092 («this server is owner of following fsmo roles but does not consider it valid….cut….») and an event 2087 («Active Directory could not resolve the following DNS host name
of
the source domain controller to an IP address…cut…» — and, the source domain controller indicated is the old 2003DC…..).Only turning on again the old 2003DC I can reboot the new 2008DC without delays or problems in dns console or 2092 / 2087 event logged.
I’ve already checked:
FSMO roles owner (with ntdsutil, it says thet the new 2008DC is the owner for all of 5 roles)
DCDIAG (several errors about services not started, not related with this issue, but others seems to be ok, except for an error 0x000003F6 «timeout in name resolution for dc2008.domain.local — no configured dns server answered»)
As I need to remove the old 2003DC to take it away from this location, I need suggestions on how to proceed; I’m thinking about demoting 2003DC, running dcpromo on it and then, if something goes wrong, delete it manually from «AD users and computers» on
new 2008DC (operation which should remove data in AD, as mentioned in KB216498) but I’m worry about what could happen doing this.Thanks for any help.
Marco
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Hi,
Before demoting the Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, please complete the following tasks:
1.
View the current operations master role holders2.
Transfer FSMO roles3.
Determine whether a domain controller is a global catalog server4.
Verify DNS registration and functionality5.
Verify communication with other domain controllers6.
Verify the availability of the operations masters7.
If the domain controller to be decommissioned hosts any Encrypting File System (EFS) encrypted files, you must take precautions to protect the private key for
the recovery agent for the local EFS-encrypted documents.8.
Uninstall Active Directory9.
Determine whether a Server object has child objects10.
Delete a Server object from a siteFor more information, please refer to the following Microsoft TechNet article and blog:
Decommissioning a Domain Controller
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755937(WS.10).aspx
Active Directory: Active Directory Upgrade — High Level Steps
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2903.aspx
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Hello guys, thank you again for your precious support.
Having Awinish confirmed that dcdiag looks fine, I did some more research during the week-end thinking that I was investigating in the wrong way.
I think the origin of the matter could be DNS error 4013 that is logged before error 2092.
I took a look to article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2001093 and then decided to try in this way:tomorrow, when I’ll be working again on this problem, I will try to swith off the old DC2003 server, then I’ll modify registry adding that lines to avoid initial syncronization and I’ll restart only the new DC2008 server.
If, in this condition, the DC2008 will start without mistakes or delay or some kind of errors and, of course, the clients will be able to connect authenticate and resolve domain names using that only DC and only dns server, then I will be pretty sure that
it will be possible to demote and remove from AD the old DC2003.Do you agree with this way to proceed?
After that I will restore the registry to the original configuration, as I’ll only use only one DC. (Maybe, I’m notstill sure, I will add a second DC/DNS to have some redundancy in case of emergency.
Have a good day.
Marco
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The Plan of action you are following is correct.
Also ensure that the change all of the clients (and the new 2008 DC itself), to point to the 2008 DC for their preferred DNS server this may be in DHCP options
or the TCP/IP settings.Yes once the testing is completed you can demote the old 2003 DC.However I would recommend to add one more DC later for
redundancy as you are aware of the same.Regards,
Sandesh Dubey.
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