Since our BDC went down, I am trying to promote a member server to a DC
and during the installation of AD (dcpromo), I get a message saying "The
operation failed with the following error: The file replication service
cannot be started". When trying to manually start the service, I get an
error saying "Could not start the File Replication service on Local
Computer. Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly". The event
log simply lists an error 7023 from the Service Control Manager. I don't
find much useful information on Microsoft's web site.
I've tried changing the user under "Log on as" to a domain admin but it
makes no difference. Also, while trying to install AD, I am logged in as
a domain admin. The service will also not start upon rebooting the
server. I've run the File Replication diagnostic tool (frsdiag.exe) but
don't seem to find anything helpful, at least not that I can tell.
Whether it makes any difference or not, this server is also a SQL server.
The only other option in our small network would be to use a 2003 server,
which I'd rather not do.
Additional info...Here is the information from dcpromo.log...
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Promotion request for replica domain controller
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] DnsDomainName mrp.in
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] ReplicaPartner (NULL)
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] SiteName (NULL)
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] DsDatabasePath C:\WINNT\NTDS, DsLogPath
C:\WINNT\NTDS
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] SystemVolumeRootPath C:\WINNT\SYSVOL
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Account mrp.in\admin
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Options 196
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Validate supplied paths
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Path is a directory
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Path is a directory
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\SYSVOL.
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Path is on an NTFS volume
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Start the worker task
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Request for promotion returning 0
10/19 18:28:05 [INFO] Searching for a domain controller for the domain
mrp.in that contains the account ADVINSQL$10/19 18:28:11 [INFO] Located
domain controller mrpad.mrp.in for domain mrp.in10/19 18:28:11 [INFO] Using
site Default-First-Site-Name for server \\mrpad.mrp.in10/19 18:28:11 [INFO]
Forcing time sync
10/19 18:28:11 [INFO] Forcing a time synch with \\mrpad.mrp.in10/19 18:28:11
[INFO] Setting machine account to be DC
10/19 18:28:11 [INFO] Configuring the server account10/19 18:28:11 [INFO]
Searching for the machine account for ADVINSQL$ on \\mrpad.mrp.in...
10/19 18:28:11 [INFO] Configuring the server account10/19 18:28:11 [INFO]
NtdsSetReplicaMachineAccount returned 0
10/19 18:28:11 [INFO] Previous location of account ADVINSQL$ to
CN=ADVINSQL,CN=Computers,DC=mrp,DC=in
10/19 18:28:11 [INFO] Stopping service NETLOGON10/19 18:28:11 [INFO]
Stopping service NETLOGON10/19 18:29:11 [INFO] Configuring service NETLOGON
to 1 returned 0
10/19 18:29:11 [INFO] Deleting current sysvol path C:\WINNT\SYSVOL
10/19 18:29:15 [ERROR] NtFrsApi_PrepareForPromotionW failed with 8002
10/19 18:29:15 [ERROR] Failed to create system volume path (8002)
10/19 18:29:15 [INFO] Starting service NETLOGON10/19 18:29:15 [INFO]
Configuring service NETLOGON to 2 returned 0
10/19 18:29:15 [INFO] Searching for the machine account for ADVINSQL$ on
\\mrpad.mrp.in...
10/19 18:29:15 [INFO] Configuring the server account10/19 18:29:15 [INFO]
NtdsSetReplicaMachineAccount returned 0
10/19 18:29:15 [INFO] Attempted to move account ADVINSQL$ to
CN=ADVINSQL,CN=Computers,DC=mrp,DC=in
10/19 18:29:15 [INFO] The attempted domain controller operation has
completed10/19 18:29:15 [INFO] DsRolepSetOperationDone returned 0
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Promotion request for replica domain controller
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] DnsDomainName mrp.in
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] ReplicaPartner (NULL)
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] SiteName (NULL)
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] DsDatabasePath C:\WINNT\NTDS, DsLogPath
C:\WINNT\NTDS
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] SystemVolumeRootPath C:\WINNT\SYSVOL
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Account mrp.in\admin
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Options 196
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Validate supplied paths
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Path is a directory
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Path is a directory
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\SYSVOL.
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Path is on an NTFS volume
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Start the worker task
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Request for promotion returning 0
10/19 18:33:05 [INFO] Searching for a domain controller for the domain
mrp.in that contains the account ADVINSQL$10/19 18:33:16 [INFO] Located
domain controller mrpad.mrp.in for domain mrp.in10/19 18:33:16 [INFO] Using
site Default-First-Site-Name for server \\mrpad.mrp.in10/19 18:33:16 [INFO]
Forcing time sync
10/19 18:33:16 [INFO] Forcing a time synch with \\mrpad.mrp.in10/19 18:33:16
[INFO] Setting machine account to be DC
10/19 18:33:16 [INFO] Configuring the server account10/19 18:33:16 [INFO]
Searching for the machine account for ADVINSQL$ on \\mrpad.mrp.in...
10/19 18:33:16 [INFO] Configuring the server account10/19 18:33:16 [INFO]
NtdsSetReplicaMachineAccount returned 0
10/19 18:33:16 [INFO] Previous location of account ADVINSQL$ to
CN=ADVINSQL,CN=Computers,DC=mrp,DC=in
10/19 18:33:16 [INFO] Stopping service NETLOGON10/19 18:33:16 [INFO]
Stopping service NETLOGON10/19 18:34:16 [INFO] Configuring service NETLOGON
to 1 returned 0
10/19 18:34:16 [INFO] Deleting current sysvol path C:\WINNT\SYSVOL
10/19 18:34:20 [ERROR] NtFrsApi_PrepareForPromotionW failed with 8002
10/19 18:34:20 [ERROR] Failed to create system volume path (8002)
10/19 18:34:20 [INFO] Starting service NETLOGON10/19 18:34:20 [INFO]
Configuring service NETLOGON to 2 returned 0
10/19 18:34:20 [INFO] Searching for the machine account for ADVINSQL$ on
\\mrpad.mrp.in...
10/19 18:34:20 [INFO] Configuring the server account10/19 18:34:20 [INFO]
NtdsSetReplicaMachineAccount returned 0
10/19 18:34:20 [INFO] Attempted to move account ADVINSQL$ to
CN=ADVINSQL,CN=Computers,DC=mrp,DC=in
10/19 18:34:20 [INFO] The attempted domain controller operation has
completed10/19 18:34:20 [INFO] DsRolepSetOperationDone returned 0
