directory services restore needed after crash

[andy smart]

We have a server for our library system with windows on a single drive
and the library data files on a RAID array. The array just failed on
two drives so I'll have to re-install that part of the system.

When the server boots I get the error message
"Directory Services could not start because of the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified. Error Status: 0xc000000f.
Please click OK to shutdown the system and reboot into the Directory
Services Restore Mode, check the event log for more detailed
information." When I do this the machine properties show no domain and
there is no domain available in AD.

Disk manager has never shown any problems with the single windows
drive, so it does not appear to be implicated in the crash.

The closest KB article I can find is 240362 - but the Ntds.dit file is
all present and correct in NTDS

As I have to do much re-installing for the library system I could
re-install windows at the same time, probably better than I did last
time LOL

But I would like to know possible causes of this in order to prevent
it happening again.

tia
andy
andy smart
Network Manager
Kingsdown School

 

[a-chadl [MSFT]]

Andy,

Here is another article you may want to reference:

259278 Directory Service Does Not Start If Disk Is Full
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259278

Also, you can run the following commands to verify and repair the NTDS.dit
file while in AD Restore Mode:

You can run the esentutl.exe utility directly on the ntds.dit database.

The command for performing the integrity check is:

esentutl /g "<Path>\ntds.dit" /!10240 /8 /v /x /o

The command to repair the database is:

esentutl /p "<Path>\ntds.dit" /!10240 /8 /v /x /o

Remember that after performing the repair, you must delete\move the log
files from the
NTDS directory.



Chad A. Lacy
Windows 2000 Directory Services

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