Directory Services Error

[paul]

I am in the process of upgrading my servers from 2OOO sp3
to sp4. Last week I upgraded two DC and a member server
and have one DC to upgrade. This morning on the two
updated DC I recieved the error

Event ID 1168
Source NTDS database

The description for Event ID ( 1168 ) in Source ( NTDS
Database ) cannot be found. The local computer may not
have the necessary registry information or message DLL
files to display messages from a remote computer. The
following information is part of the event: 8430, 20ee,
20612ee.

I have found this error under KB 827531 which says that it
can occur at random with sp4. I am not sure what utility
to use to check that this is not a corrupted NTDS.dit
database. Should I be using NTDSutil to check the
database, or should I be using a different tool.

Many Thanks
Paul

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

Yes. I have seen this problems with some systems. Just boot your server in
DSRM mode and use ntdsutil to check your AD database. After that you should
be fine.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000), Windows MVP
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http://ladava.com