Seen regsvr32 doing the same thing as well on x64 systems. And odbcad32 - that one took me a day or so to work out.
---Blackberried -----Original Message----- From: Steven Peck <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:08:01 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Event ID 2042: It has been too long since this machine replicated - SOLVED! The old cmdline certreq.exe command was like that. Had to be executed from the folder it was in. Lost 2 days gettnig it to work generating LCS2005 certificate requests years ago. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, I solved it. The "repadmin /regkey" wasn't working .. until I > actually ran it from the \windows\syswow64 folder, and used the DC > name in capitals. <shrug> > > Dunno why it worked that way, when issuing the command didn't work > anywhere else, even tho repadmin was in the PATH. > > Anyway, it created the reg key, and now all 3 DCs show all > "successful", when I do "repadmin /showreps".I've got a 53 min or so > delta, but I can live with that. > > So all that's left (I think) is to remove the reg key, and make sure > that if the DC VMs are powered on, at least every week or two, and > perhaps execute a script to kick off a replication, to avoid this > problem in future. Maybe a cobination of a vsphere scheduled task, or > a PowerCLI script that does all that ... > > Thanks everybody. > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> > wrote: > > OK, so the 2 DCs in the child domain seem to be replicating; a > > "repadmin /showreps" comes back as successful, on each DC. But not on > > the parent DC - I still get failures because too much time has > > elapsed. > > > > Here is what I am wondering - the "repadmin /regkey <DC FDQN> > > +allowDivergent" seemed to work on both child DCs, and I even see the > > key in the registry - > > > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters and I see > > "Allow Replication with Divergent and Corrupt Partner", value 1, on > > both child DCs. > > > > I do *not* see that key on the parent domain, and running the > > "repadmin /regkey" doesn't seem to do anything; it just spits back the > > command line help. > > > > Maybe I have to manually go add that key, on the parent DC? > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
