AD - Master domain controller

[KG]

My master domain controller crashed since I restored it
from backup, none of my other servers will communicate
with it properly, in sites and services it has no NTDS
settings, therefore it won't synchronise with the other
DC's, how can i get replication back?

 

[Jerold Schulman]

My master domain controller crashed since I restored it
from backup, none of my other servers will communicate
with it properly, in sites and services it has no NTDS
settings, therefore it won't synchronise with the other
DC's, how can i get replication back?

Did you perform and authoritative restore?
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=241594 "How to perform an authoritative restore to a domain controller in Windows 2000"

See these other related articles:
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=216243 "Authoritative Restore of Active Directory and Impact on Trusts and Computer Accounts"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=216993 "Backup of the Active Directory Has 60-Day Useful Life"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=266679 "Pre-staging the File Replication Service Replicated Files on SYSVOL and Distributed File System Shares for Optimal Synchronization"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=280079 "Authoritative restore of groups can result in inconsistent membership information across domain controllers"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=289668 "Advancing Time on Production Computers and the Effect on Active Directory and FRS"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=289901 "Authoritative Restore Triggers Communication Error on Bridgehead Servers"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=290762 "FRS Using the BurFlags Registry Key to Reinitialize File Replication Service Replica Sets"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=295932 "Windows 2000 Domain Controllers Restored with System State Backups Made Prior to SP2 May Not Boot"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=296257 "The Microsoft Position Regarding Products That Directly Access the Active Directory Database"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=311502 "Error Message A Transaction Recover Failed. Error Status 0xc0000227"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=312862 "Recovering missing FRS objects and FRS attributes in Active Directory"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=315457 "How to rebuild the SYSVOL tree and its content in a domain"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=329871 "'Error 3758096385' Error Message After You Finish a Non-Authoritative Active Directory Restore"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=811219 "Recovering FRS objects and files using system state restores"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=814202 "The Ntdsutil.exe Semantic Checker Cannot Rename Conflict-Mangled Phantom Names"


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com