Sounds like the file replication service might be causing the problem if it's pointing 
to the wrong sysvol location. Have you tried shutting it down temporarily to see if 
the problem persists?

If you run performance monitor, which process is hogging the CPU during the freeze?



-----Original Message-----
From: Elmer St�wer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Posted At: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 1:23 PM
Posted To: Windows NT/2000 List
Conversation: AD issue in simple environment...
Subject: RE: AD issue in simple environment...


There are not many threads with no reply on this list (exept this one). What did I do 
wrong?

regards

Elmer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elmer St�wer 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:52 PM
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: AD issue in simple environment...
> 
> 
> Situation:
> ----------
> 2 2K-AD-Servers (1 Exchange and global catalogue server). 
> Both upgraded from NT half a year ago,
> 1 Site, 1 Domain.
> 15 W2K and 1 XP clients.
> 
> Problem:
> --------
> The Exchange/global catalogue server stands about every 10 
> minutes for about 45 seconds. No response on any click, nor 
> it is possible to work with outlook 'on' that server for the 
> 45 seconds.
> 
> According to the event log I had a couple of issues with user 
> rights in local security (power user etc.) (SceCli every 8 
> minutes). I followed the Microsoft guides and removed the 
> group entries from local security policy.
> 
> No I don't have event log entries anymore, but the problem persists.
> 
> Cause/Solution?
> ---------
> I guess that there is still a problem with AD. On the second 
> server I can see issues in the AD replication monitor for the 
> first server. Objects could not be replicated due to access failure.
> 
> On the Exchange/global catalogue server in the registry in 
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\NtFrs\Paramet
> ers\Replica Sets\d5c32359-0ee1-42a9-8bac72a28682a096 I found 
> a wrong path for ...\sysvol\domain. It points to an non 
> existing directory.
> So it seems that active directory is not able to find active 
> directory.
> 
> I did not want to correct it via the registry. There must be 
> a better way to correct wrong path settings for the active 
> directory container.
> 
> Question
> --------
> I appreciate any hint how to fix the ntfrs/AD settings on 
> that machine. Where are these path values stored? Is it 
> necessary to use DC promo to remove and add the server 
> from/to the domain or is there an easier way to fix it?
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Elmer [glad that the machines are still running under these 
> circumstances]
> --
> Elmer St�wer
> System- und Netzwerkadministration
> CyberConsult GmbH
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.cyberconsult.de
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