DCPROMO fails from one domain controller

[Guest]

There are 4 DC's in the site, but when dcpromo starts replicating the
directory partition from one of them it fails with the error The directory
service failed to replicate the partition .. "The replication operation
encountered a database operation". When dcpromo replicates from one of the
other 3 servers there are no problems.
Also replication between the servers in the site seems to be OK

Extract from dcpromo.log
09/29 12:41:03 [INFO] Error - The Directory Service failed to replicate the
partition DC=xxxxxxx,DC=xxx,DC=xxx,DC=xx from remote server
xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx. (8451)
09/29 12:41:08 [INFO] NtdsInstall for xxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx returned 8451
09/29 12:41:08 [INFO] DsRolepInstallDs returned 8451
09/29 12:41:08 [ERROR] Failed to install to Directory Service (8451)

8451 = ERROR_DS_DBA_DB_ERROR

The Directory Service log records error 1168, 1173 and 1061 during dcpromo

Source NTDS General
Category Internal Processing
Evenet ID 1168
Error 1073741823 has occurred Internal ID 3000c87
Please contact Microsoft Support Services for assistance

Source NTDS General
Category Internal Processing
Event ID 1173
Internal Evenet: Exception e0010004 has occured with parameters -1017 and 0
(Internal ID 20800d4)

(Values are different on each)

Source NTDS Replication
Category Replication
Event ID 1061
Internal Error: The Directory Replication Agent (DRA) call returned error 8451

This leads me to believe the error may be as detailed in KB832851, but a
call to MSS for the Hotfix was declined as this hotfix is apparantly for W2K3
servers only

All servers are W2K SP4. The domain controller with the issue is also
Exchange 2000 and had all patches. There is another W2k DC with Exchange at
another site but it doen't have the same problem.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

As an update to this problem, the event ID information original posted is
slightly wrong for Event 1173

The server that is trying to become a DC gets;
Internal Event:Exception e0010002 has occurred with parameters 8451 and 0
(Internal ID 106021a)

The server it is replicating from gets;
Internal event: Exception e0010004 has occurred with parameters -1017 and 0
(Internal ID 20800d4)

Both are Source : NTDS General, Category : Internal Processing

I have scoured Technet and Google but cannot find a description of what
these mean, or anyone who has had the exact same problem.

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Rich,

A couple of very general things.....

Install the Support Tools from the Service Pack CD-Media and run dcdiag /v
and netdiag /v. Also, repadmin /v and replmon might be useful. These tools
might shed some light on this situation.

Have you looked at the following links:

http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1168&eventno=2850&source=NTDS Database&phase=1
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1173&eventno=2345&source=NTDS General&phase=1
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1061&eventno=1141&source=NTDS Replication&phase=1

Do these help you?

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

WIN2000 Active Directory MVP
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)

As an update to this problem, the event ID information original posted is
slightly wrong for Event 1173

The server that is trying to become a DC gets;
Internal Event:Exception e0010002 has occurred with parameters 8451 and 0
(Internal ID 106021a)

The server it is replicating from gets;
Internal event: Exception e0010004 has occurred with parameters -1017 and
0
(Internal ID 20800d4)

Both are Source : NTDS General, Category : Internal Processing

I have scoured Technet and Google but cannot find a description of what
these mean, or anyone who has had the exact same problem.

--
O-O
L
-->

There are 4 DC's in the site, but when dcpromo starts replicating the
directory partition from one of them it fails with the error The
directory
service failed to replicate the partition .. "The replication operation
encountered a database operation". When dcpromo replicates from one of
the
other 3 servers there are no problems.
Also replication between the servers in the site seems to be OK

Extract from dcpromo.log
09/29 12:41:03 [INFO] Error - The Directory Service failed to replicate
the
partition DC=xxxxxxx,DC=xxx,DC=xxx,DC=xx from remote server
xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx. (8451)
09/29 12:41:08 [INFO] NtdsInstall for xxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx returned 8451
09/29 12:41:08 [INFO] DsRolepInstallDs returned 8451
09/29 12:41:08 [ERROR] Failed to install to Directory Service (8451)

8451 = ERROR_DS_DBA_DB_ERROR

The Directory Service log records error 1168, 1173 and 1061 during
dcpromo

Source NTDS General
Category Internal Processing
Evenet ID 1168
Error 1073741823 has occurred Internal ID 3000c87
Please contact Microsoft Support Services for assistance

Source NTDS General
Category Internal Processing
Event ID 1173
Internal Evenet: Exception e0010004 has occured with parameters -1017 and
0
(Internal ID 20800d4)

(Values are different on each)

Source NTDS Replication
Category Replication
Event ID 1061
Internal Error: The Directory Replication Agent (DRA) call returned error
8451

This leads me to believe the error may be as detailed in KB832851, but a
call to MSS for the Hotfix was declined as this hotfix is apparantly for
W2K3
servers only

All servers are W2K SP4. The domain controller with the issue is also
Exchange 2000 and had all patches. There is another W2k DC with Exchange
at
another site but it doen't have the same problem.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Hi Cary

Thanks for your reply.

In regard to your suggestions, results as follows
dcdiag /v - passed all tests
netdiag /v - produced an enormously long output, but it basically seems to
be alright. The only failure was the default gateway test on one adapter
which doesn't have a DG. There are a lot of DNS entries like the one below,
but I don't think there is a problem with DNS either. DNS on one NIC uses
itself instead of the primary DNS server for the network. Both are AD
integrated and replication is working.

replmon - replication is taking place successfully every 15 minutes with all
partners and on all partitions.

The Record is different on DNS server '127.0.0.1'.
DNS server has more than one entries for this name, usually this means there
are multiple DCs for this domain.
Your DC entry is one of them on DNS server '127.0.0.1', no need to
re-register.

repadmin /v - wrong switch

I looked at the articles you linked to, and think i will try the NTDSUTIL
semantic checker when i get the chance to take it off line, which will
probably not be possible till the end of the week.
I will update this post then, but in the meantime if you have any more
suggestions i would be happy to hear them

Many thanks

Rich
--
O-O
L
-->

Rich,

A couple of very general things.....

Install the Support Tools from the Service Pack CD-Media and run dcdiag /v
and netdiag /v. Also, repadmin /v and replmon might be useful. These tools
might shed some light on this situation.

Have you looked at the following links:

http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1168&eventno=2850&source=NTDS Database&phase=1
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1173&eventno=2345&source=NTDS General&phase=1
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1061&eventno=1141&source=NTDS Replication&phase=1

Do these help you?

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

WIN2000 Active Directory MVP
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)

As an update to this problem, the event ID information original posted is
slightly wrong for Event 1173

The server that is trying to become a DC gets;
Internal Event:Exception e0010002 has occurred with parameters 8451 and 0
(Internal ID 106021a)

The server it is replicating from gets;
Internal event: Exception e0010004 has occurred with parameters -1017 and
0
(Internal ID 20800d4)

Both are Source : NTDS General, Category : Internal Processing

I have scoured Technet and Google but cannot find a description of what
these mean, or anyone who has had the exact same problem.

--
O-O
L
-->

There are 4 DC's in the site, but when dcpromo starts replicating the
directory partition from one of them it fails with the error The
directory
service failed to replicate the partition .. "The replication operation
encountered a database operation". When dcpromo replicates from one of
the
other 3 servers there are no problems.
Also replication between the servers in the site seems to be OK

Extract from dcpromo.log
09/29 12:41:03 [INFO] Error - The Directory Service failed to replicate
the
partition DC=xxxxxxx,DC=xxx,DC=xxx,DC=xx from remote server
xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx. (8451)
09/29 12:41:08 [INFO] NtdsInstall for xxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx returned 8451
09/29 12:41:08 [INFO] DsRolepInstallDs returned 8451
09/29 12:41:08 [ERROR] Failed to install to Directory Service (8451)

8451 = ERROR_DS_DBA_DB_ERROR

The Directory Service log records error 1168, 1173 and 1061 during
dcpromo

Source NTDS General
Category Internal Processing
Evenet ID 1168
Error 1073741823 has occurred Internal ID 3000c87
Please contact Microsoft Support Services for assistance

Source NTDS General
Category Internal Processing
Event ID 1173
Internal Evenet: Exception e0010004 has occured with parameters -1017 and
0
(Internal ID 20800d4)

(Values are different on each)

Source NTDS Replication
Category Replication
Event ID 1061
Internal Error: The Directory Replication Agent (DRA) call returned error
8451

This leads me to believe the error may be as detailed in KB832851, but a
call to MSS for the Hotfix was declined as this hotfix is apparantly for
W2K3
servers only

All servers are W2K SP4. The domain controller with the issue is also
Exchange 2000 and had all patches. There is another W2k DC with Exchange
at
another site but it doen't have the same problem.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

 

[Herb Martin]

I looked at the articles you linked to, and think i will try the NTDSUTIL

semantic checker when i get the chance to take it off line, which will
probably not be possible till the end of the week.
I will update this post then, but in the meantime if you have any more
suggestions i would be happy to hear them

Make a complete backup including System State first. Messing with
Semantic Database Analysis can run an AD pretty easily.

And if you didn't run DCDiag on each DC try it on the others.
(It wasn't clear whether you did one or all.)

 

[Cary Shultz]

Opps,

It should have been repadmin /showreps or repadmin /showconn. Sorry.

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)

Hi Cary

Thanks for your reply.

In regard to your suggestions, results as follows
dcdiag /v - passed all tests
netdiag /v - produced an enormously long output, but it basically seems to
be alright. The only failure was the default gateway test on one adapter
which doesn't have a DG. There are a lot of DNS entries like the one
below,
but I don't think there is a problem with DNS either. DNS on one NIC uses
itself instead of the primary DNS server for the network. Both are AD
integrated and replication is working.

replmon - replication is taking place successfully every 15 minutes with
all
partners and on all partitions.

The Record is different on DNS server '127.0.0.1'.
DNS server has more than one entries for this name, usually this means
there
are multiple DCs for this domain.
Your DC entry is one of them on DNS server '127.0.0.1', no need to
re-register.

repadmin /v - wrong switch

I looked at the articles you linked to, and think i will try the NTDSUTIL
semantic checker when i get the chance to take it off line, which will
probably not be possible till the end of the week.
I will update this post then, but in the meantime if you have any more
suggestions i would be happy to hear them

Many thanks

Rich
--
O-O
L
-->

Rich,

A couple of very general things.....

Install the Support Tools from the Service Pack CD-Media and run dcdiag
/v
and netdiag /v. Also, repadmin /v and replmon might be useful. These
tools
might shed some light on this situation.

Have you looked at the following links:

http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1168&eventno=2850&source=NTDS Database&phase=1
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1173&eventno=2345&source=NTDS General&phase=1
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1061&eventno=1141&source=NTDS Replication&phase=1

Do these help you?

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

WIN2000 Active Directory MVP
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)

As an update to this problem, the event ID information original posted
is
slightly wrong for Event 1173

The server that is trying to become a DC gets;
Internal Event:Exception e0010002 has occurred with parameters 8451 and
0
(Internal ID 106021a)

The server it is replicating from gets;
Internal event: Exception e0010004 has occurred with parameters -1017
and
0
(Internal ID 20800d4)

Both are Source : NTDS General, Category : Internal Processing

I have scoured Technet and Google but cannot find a description of what
these mean, or anyone who has had the exact same problem.

--
O-O
L
-->



:

There are 4 DC's in the site, but when dcpromo starts replicating the
directory partition from one of them it fails with the error The
directory
service failed to replicate the partition .. "The replication
operation
encountered a database operation". When dcpromo replicates from one of
the
other 3 servers there are no problems.
Also replication between the servers in the site seems to be OK

Extract from dcpromo.log
09/29 12:41:03 [INFO] Error - The Directory Service failed to
replicate
the
partition DC=xxxxxxx,DC=xxx,DC=xxx,DC=xx from remote server
xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx. (8451)
09/29 12:41:08 [INFO] NtdsInstall for xxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx returned 8451
09/29 12:41:08 [INFO] DsRolepInstallDs returned 8451
09/29 12:41:08 [ERROR] Failed to install to Directory Service (8451)

8451 = ERROR_DS_DBA_DB_ERROR

The Directory Service log records error 1168, 1173 and 1061 during
dcpromo

Source NTDS General
Category Internal Processing
Evenet ID 1168
Error 1073741823 has occurred Internal ID 3000c87
Please contact Microsoft Support Services for assistance

Source NTDS General
Category Internal Processing
Event ID 1173
Internal Evenet: Exception e0010004 has occured with parameters -1017
and
0
(Internal ID 20800d4)

(Values are different on each)

Source NTDS Replication
Category Replication
Event ID 1061
Internal Error: The Directory Replication Agent (DRA) call returned
error
8451

This leads me to believe the error may be as detailed in KB832851, but
a
call to MSS for the Hotfix was declined as this hotfix is apparantly
for
W2K3
servers only

All servers are W2K SP4. The domain controller with the issue is also
Exchange 2000 and had all patches. There is another W2k DC with
Exchange
at
another site but it doen't have the same problem.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.