Huh? I didn't get that email Jorge... Lucky I was scanning through the posts, I barely caught this post.
I haven't seen admod not work for an undel, definitely get data to me, use the -exterr option to capture the DSID info too. joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge de Almeida Pinto Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 10:56 AM To: [email protected]; 'Send - AD mailing list' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master Appologies accepted! No hard feelings! I also used the same environment to test the ADMOD -undel option to undelete objects and it did not work (already mailed Joe about it). However I must mentioned both the RID thing and the ADMOD thing were tested on W2K3-R2! Keeping my earlier statement in mind regarding the need to manually increase the availableridpool on the new RID master after the seizure, I'm still thinking about the value for the manual increase (like some kind of formula)... Factors/variables that I believe have influence on the size of the value: * Pool of possible requested RIDs -> 500 * Number of DCs in domain or better yet the number of DCs that are used for security principal creation (the DCs that use RIDs) * ....? If I come up with some formula I will post that on the list Cheers #JORGE# -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells Sent: donderdag 2 juni 2005 16:24 To: 'Send - AD mailing list' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master Tested this myself and reached the same conclusion you did. I've since done some digging and found a number of references to the 1 million increase, all of which were in documents relating to Windows NT5. I assume my memory has yet again failed me :) since I can't even find any private up-to-date material to validate it. PS - Ironically, I did find a document that I wrote for a seminar just after Windows 2000's release where I make a recommendation regarding increasing the RID pool following role seizure ... maybe I knew it at one point or another ... if I did, it probably got replaced by some other piece of useless information since I believe my brain reached capacity some years back. Anyways, my apologies for causing you to waste so much time testing this, it seems this was removed quite some time ago :( -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: Jorge de Almeida Pinto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:09 AM To: [email protected]; Send - AD mailing list; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master Hi Dean, As I mentioned earlier I did not know (never seen it before) about the automatic increase of the ridavailablepool value with 1 million after the rid seizure. I got curious and I built a small environment. I did not see the ridpool got increased with 1 million after the seizure. I also got different results depending on where the NEW rid master is located (SITE WISE). See below. After the seizure the new RID master increased its known pool with 500. Personnally I think that's not enoough... Especially in a large environment During the seizure the new to be RID master reports: >>Searching for highest rid pool in domain Can you elaborate more on the automatic increase of the availableridpool attribute and when that happens? Cheers #JORGE# ##################################### DCs: 01, 02, 03 01: site1 -> original rid master 02: site1 03: site2 -> new rid master after seizing 01: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423214 02: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423214 03: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423214 1073741823 2606 01: 3000 users created 01: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132426214 02: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132426214 1073741823 5606 03:rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423214 1073741823 2606 01: down 03: seized rid master 03: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423714 (increased with 500) 1073741823 3106 02: 1000 users created 02: replication forced 03: replication forced 02: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132426214 <---???? (this value would not, even after forcing replication!) 1073741823 5606 03: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132424714 1073741823 4106 02: 3001 users created 02: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132427714 (this value only changes when the value of 03 was higher than the previous value of 02!) 03: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132427714 ##################################### DCs: 01, 02, 03 01: site1 -> original rid master 02: site1 03: site1 -> new rid master after seizing 01: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423214 02: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423214 03: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423214 03: disabled inbound REPL 01: 3000 users created 01: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132426214 02: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132426214 1073741823 5606 03: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423214 1073741823 2606 01: down 03: enable inbound REPL 03: seized rid master 03: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132423714 (increased with 500) 1073741823 3106 02: 1000 users created 02: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132427214 03: rIDAvailablePool: 4611686014132427214 ####################################### -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge de Almeida Pinto Sent: dinsdag 31 mei 2005 10:31 To: [email protected]; Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master Hi Dean, You are right... That 1 million is enough. I did not know that when seizing the RID master the ridavailablepool is increased automatically by 1 million. Thanks for the info and sorry for the wrong info about the need to manually increase the RID available pool. Is the automatic increased somehow depended on another variable? (like number of DCs and/or number of days or something else) Or is it a fixed value? Cheers #JORGE# -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells Sent: dinsdag 31 mei 2005 1:15 To: Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master It's already increased by 1 mil. (IIRC) as part of the seizure process, do you feel this is insufficient even when taking the replication outage into account? -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge de Almeida Pinto Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 5:22 PM To: [email protected]; Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master Because you are seizing and not transfering and as the NEW Rid Manager object may not be up-to-date on the remaining DCs (because replication halted/stopped for some reason) you may want to increase the Ridavailablepool attribute (on the Rid Manager object in the domain) for the NEW RID MANAGER FSMO (just to be sure) Cheers, #JORGE# -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells Sent: vrijdag 27 mei 2005 22:53 To: Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master Yes, but a fleeting one in most cases. You'll need to seize the roles assigned to the errant DC. In terms of who owns the roles, you are only interested in the perspective of the other DCs. The PDC FSMO serves many purposes and is indeed an important DC but even it can tolerate downtime. -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Brown Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master Because I believe my errant DC to by my PDC will that be a problem demoting it and then re-introducing it to the domain? Here is a screen shot of my Operations Masters... http://www.mjbdesignz.com/temp/OM.htm Thanks, -- Matt Brown [ SELECT * FROM IT WHERE EyeContact=True ] Information Technology System Specialist Eastern Washington University -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 12:39 PM To: Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master That's what I expected. Choice 1 - Mod. the registry and permit the errant DC to re-enter the replication topology (not recommended) Choice 2 - Forcibly demote the errant DC, cleanup its metadata and reintroduce it through DCpromo Caveats - Choice 1: lingering objects may exist Choice 2: you'll lose any changes locally introduced to the errant DC that occurred after its last successful replication attempt ? -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Brown Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 3:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master 1. Number of DCs/Domain/Sites 3 Sites -> Site A has DC1 & DC2 -> Site B DC3 -> Site C DC4 2. OS version of DCs -> All DCs are running Windows 2003 Server Standard 3. Are the remaining DCs replicating successfully? -> According to DC diag they all passed replications -> They do all show in the DC diag the following: DC=domain,DC=ewu,DC=edu Last replication recieved from DC2 at 2005-03-23 02:00:40. WARNING: This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days! Thanks, -- Matt Brown [ SELECT * FROM IT WHERE EyeContact=True ] Information Technology System Specialist Eastern Washington University -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:16 AM To: Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master It seems the FSMO errors you're receiving are merely symptoms of another more significant problem; my guess is that your DCs have been ignoring one another for quite some time, i.e. - not replicating. Before proceeding, can you give me some more info. - 1. Number of DCs/Domain/Sites 2. OS version of DCs 3. Are the remaining DCs replicating successfully? -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Brown Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 2:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master Well, I have quite a few weird things going on. Roles: (both DCs in same site) DC2 = PDC role, RID pool manager DC1 = Infrastructure owner, schema owner, domain role owner When I look at the Operations Masters... -> from DC1 It shows ERROR for RID & PDC, & shows DC1 in Infrastructure -> from DC2 it shows ERROR for PDC, & shows DC2 for RID & DC1 for Infrastructure So neither DC1 or DC2 know who the PDC is. (It should be DC2) When I use the "netdom query fsmo": -> from DC1 it shows the roles as it should like above from DC2 it shows -> the PDC role as DC1 rather than itself 1. When I try to manually replicate from DC2 to DC1 I get an error about "Target Principal Name Incorrect" After completing Article ID 288167 about resetting password (netdom resetpwd) and trying to replicate, I get a tombstone error between the 2 domains saying it has exceeded tombstone lifetime and cannot continue. 2. When I try to manually replicate from DC1 to DC2 I get the same error about "Target Principal Name Incorrect" but this is where I've stopped because DC2 is supposed to be the PDC and the KB article makes it sound like the PW should only be reset on the non PDC machines. All in all, my PDC seems to have amnesia and doesn't seem to remember that it's the PDC Thanks, -- Matt Brown [ SELECT * FROM IT WHERE EyeContact=True ] Information Technology System Specialist Eastern Washington University -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:53 AM To: Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master What does the machine question report within its event log? -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Brown Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master My Dcdiag output shows the following error: ############################# Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders Warning: STF2 is the PDC Owner, but is not responding to DS RPC Bind. [STF2] LDAP bind failed with error 8341, A directory service error has occurred.. Warning: STF2 is the PDC Owner, but is not responding to LDAP Bind. Warning: STF2 is the Rid Owner, but is not responding to DS RPC Bind. Warning: STF2 is the Rid Owner, but is not responding to LDAP Bind. ......................... STF1 failed test KnowsOfRoleHolders Starting test: RidManager ......................... STF1 failed test RidManager 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. ......................... STF1 failed test frsevent Starting test: FsmoCheck Warning: DcGetDcName(PDC_REQUIRED) call failed, error 1355 A Primary Domain Controller could not be located. The server holding the PDC role is down. ......................... domain failed test FsmoCheck ############################# Thanks, -- Matt Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consultant for Student Technology Fee website: http://techfee.ewu.edu/ +--------------------------------------+ | 509.359.6972 ph. - 509.359.7087 fx | 307 MONROE HALL | Cheney, WA 99004 +--------------------------------------+ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Brown Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master Hi, My PDC just started acting up and is showing an error in the PDC box under Operations Master. The only recent change that I can think of to the server was I uninstalled & re-installed the Certificate Authority 3 or 4 times, which was installed on the PDC. 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