FRS is hosed and I need some MAJOR help!

[Jon]

FRS is hosed in my domain so copied the sysvol contents to a seperate folder
salvaging my scripts and policies. I stopped the FRS service on all DCs and
set the BurFlags to Hex D2 on all but the master, which is Hex D4. I blew
out the SYSVOL folder as suggested in 315457 and started the master (Hex 4 &
PDC emulator). I copied my backup files to the SYSVOL folder and went to
another server and started FRS. Under SYSVOL\domain new Policy and Scripts
folders are created and the Policies and Scripts are replicated to these
directories (I watch them be created).

When finished replicating, why the Heck will FRS NOT copy the contents to
the SYSVOL\sysvol\MyDomain.com\Scripts (and Policies) folders???? Now that
everything seems to be done, I make a change on the master DC NETLOGON share
the changes are immediately reflected under SYSVOL\domain\scripts (and
Policies) folders.

Please help. I'm at my witts end!

Jon

 

[Richard Chinn [MSFT]]

I believe you are missing the domain reparse point. This is just a link to
the same files; it's not a separate copy of the files.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=205524

You need to go to your sysvol\sysvol directory and create a new junction
point called MyDomain.com that points to SYSVOL\domain.

If you have other FRS related issues, you might want to try posting to
microsoft.public.windows.server.dfs_frs.

--Richard

Please post FRS related questions to microsoft.public.windows.server.dfs_frs
and prefix the subject line with "FRS:" to make it easier to spot. Note
that FRS is used to replicate SYSVOL on domain controllers and DFS root and
link targets.

For additional FRS resources, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/frs.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Jon Paskett]

Thanks Richard.

I left a post in the suggested NG but I'm here to tell you, I'm about to
learn about junction points and everything else about SYSVOL I'm afraid
since I renamed, deleted, grafted, imported, exported, backed up, restored,
and everything else but fix the flipping problem. I don't have a SYSVOL
folder created by Windows on any of my systems!!!!

Time to hunker down. I will need SYSVOL junction points, locations,
permissions, sources, destinations, etc. If you know where I can obtain a
white paper I'd surely appreciate your efforts!

I'm going to my corner now to rock myself to sleep! ; )

Jon

 

[Richard Chinn [MSFT]]

Here's another KB on junctions and SYSVOL.

186750 Usage of NTFS 5.0 Junctions in the Sysvol Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=186750



From your original posts, it sounds like you already went through the
restore process and it was working. Have you checked to see if FRS is
actually working and all you're missing is the junction? If so, replacing
the junction should be an easy fix.



If you need to go down the restore path again, here are some resources.



For the FRS side of SYSVOL, you can read through the following. It gives a
good overview of how FRS works.



http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...erver2003/proddocs/techref/w2k3tr_frs_how.asp


Here are some more KBs that deal with recovery/troubleshooting SYSVOL and
FRS issues.


327781 How to Troubleshoot Missing SYSVOL and NETLOGON Shares on Windows
Server 2003 Domain Controllers

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=327781



257338 Troubleshooting Missing SYSVOL and NETLOGON Shares on Windows 2000
Domain Controllers

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257338


316790 The Sysvol and Netlogon Shares Are Missing After You Restore a Domain
Controller from Backup

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316790


312862 Recovering Missing FRS Objects and Attributes in Active Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=312862


315457 How to Rebuild SYSVOL and Its Content in a Domain
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=315457

--Richard

Please post FRS related questions to microsoft.public.windows.server.dfs_frs
and prefix the subject line with "FRS:" to make it easier to spot. Note
that FRS is used to replicate SYSVOL on domain controllers and DFS root and
link targets.

For additional FRS resources, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/frs.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.