No, that would be the worse possible thing you could do! You should never manually copy any FRS replicated data over as that could trigger a full replication of Sysvol and bring your network down to a crawl. If FRS isn't working, look for the root cause and fix that instead, don't try any shortcuts.
The main thing to check is the components that FRS relies on, mainly DNS. How does the DNS configuration look, can you resolve names to\from that server? DNS misconfiguration should be the first possible cause you focus on as it is the most common. Other troubleshooting steps: Check all event logs for associated errors. Any jrnl_wrap or FRS\DNS related pointers? dcdiag /v netdiag /v repadmin /showreps (should have at least one inbound and outbound partner) Do any of these point you towards the problem? If you are unable to track down the source of the problem you can always give up and start again, which is actually not so bad as it sounds. If the FRS problem can't be resolved, dcpromo back to a member server, double check DNS settings and then attempt the promotion again. Simon Geary MVP -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rittenhouse, Cindy Sent: 29 August 2003 16:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] sysvol not replicating Two days ago a consulting firm upgraded a BDC at a remote location to Windows 2000. After the upgrade users had all types of trouble connecting. It seems the sysvol is not replicating because the Do_Not_Remove_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory, Policies directory, and Scripts directory do not exist on the remote server in either the sysvol\domain or the sysvol\sysvol directory. The rest of AD seems to be replicating fine. Can I simply copy those directories from one of my DCs to the DC in the remote location? Thanks Cynthia Rittenhouse MCSE,CCNA LAN Administrator County of Lancaster Lancaster, PA 17602 List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
