Don't dcpromo down and back up- you will just waste your time. What are the last events in the FRS event logs.
If EVERYTHING else is perfect, we can check the registry to see what your seeding server is. If it doesn't have any problems, we can do a non-auth restore which will be the quickest way back up (flip a reg key and bounce the ntfrs service). /Siddharth On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Simon Geary wrote: > 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/ > 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/
