can you map an administrative share (c$) from one of the other DCs On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> wrote:
> Win2000 AD > > I have a site with 1 DC in it (name MJRSWDC001). This DC has > connections defined for 3 other DCs (in a different site) - names > WDC001, WDC002, WDC003. ReplMon shows that it is communicating > properly with all 3 - "last communication successful" on all 3. > > Here's the weird part - if I add WDC001 to ReplMon, it shows errors > replicating with the server above. It shows errors replicating from > the server above. Reason: the RPC server is unavailable. > > Now, how can that be, I wonder? How can MJRSWDC001 not show an error > communicating *to* WDC001, and yet WDC001 says it has an error > communicating *from* MJRSWDC001? If I click on WDC001, and highlight > MJRSWDC001 and choose "Synchronize with this replication partner", it > tells me the same thing - RPC_SERVER_IS_UNAVAILABLE. If I click on > MJRSWDC001, and highlight WDC001, and choose "Synchronize", it says > "Synchronization queued successfully". When I refresh, it shows "Last > replication attempt was successful", with the correct time. > > So what does this mean? Does it mean that MJRSWDC001 has no problem > pushing replication to WDC001, but doesn't like having replication > pulled from it? If so, why? Event log shows nothing - no error > messages, nothing. > > Doing a "DCDIAG /V /test:replications" from MJRSWDC001 shows: > > Testing server: <remote site>\MJRSWDC001 > Starting test: Replications > * Replications Check > ......................... MJRSWDC001 passed test Replications > > Doing the same from WDC001 shows: > > Testing server: <HQ site>\WDC001 > Starting test: Replications > * Replications Check > [Replications Check,WDC001] A recent replication attempt failed: > From MJRSDC001 to WDC001 > Naming Context: <my-domain> > The replication generated an error (1722): > The RPC server is unavailable. > The failure occurred at 2009-10-08 11:48.53. > The last success occurred at 2009-10-08 08:46.35. > 25 failures have occurred since the last success. > [MJRSWDC001] DsBind() failed with error 1722, > The RPC server is unavailable.. > The source remains down. Please check the machine. > > The MJRSWDC001 isn't down, though. And the RPC service is running on > MJRSWDC001. And WDC001 has no problems with DCs in 3 other sites ... > > Any thoughts? Insights? > > Thanks > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
