Please Help

[John Cleveland]

I am reposting this message because no one has tried to help me yet. If no
one here can, please direct me to an area that may be able to help me.

I have a w2k3 forest with 1 root domain controler and 5 child domain
controlers (all w2k3). Each of the domain controllers are running DNS (they
are all in physically different locations). One DNS server is reporting
errors every 15 minutes from the NTDS KCC and NTDS Replication sources
(Event ids 1311, 1865, 1566, 1925, and 1645). Have tried everything to try
and repair
this. Can someone please help?

 

[Jason Robarts [MSFT]]

Hi John,

Let's start by taking care of the 1311 problem. Do you have multiple sites?
Are all of the sites connected via sitelinks?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;214745

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307593

has some information on the cause and help figuring out how to resolve it.

Jason

 

[John Cleveland]

Yes I have multiple sites nad I have sitlinks as well. Also have the
bridgehead server configured for each site and the "Bridge all site links"
is checked.

 

[Jason Robarts [MSFT]]

Can you look in Active Directory Sites and Services on the DC reporting the
error and verify that the site links are present on that server? Similarly
that the Bridge All Site Links option is checked?

I ask you to confirm for that system in particular in case there was a
change to the configuration that did not replicate in to that DC for some
reason.

Jason
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[John Cleveland]

All links are present on the server reporting the error. As well, the
bridge all site links is checked, but is disabled.

John c

 

[John Cleveland]

I am about to go to a meeting that will last the next couple of hours. Can
we continue this in the morning. I am in the office at 8 am pacific time.
greatly appreciated. You are the only one that has answered my post that i
have posted several times. I would really appreciate it if you could keep
on this issue with me. I do need it resolved asap.

Thanks you,

John Cleveland

 

[Jason Robarts [MSFT]]

Have you checked the sitelists of the sitelinks to make sure all the sites
are connected? An example of a scenario that could cause this to change
would be if you created 2 sites, connected them by a site link, deleted one
of the sites, and then recreated the site with the same name. They would
not be connected by the site link as the site would have been removed from
the site list when the site was removed.

In Windows Server 2003 there should be eventlog messages indicating which
naming contexts you are having problems with and also which DCs are not
connected. This can give you a hint about which sitelink you may be having
an issue with. To force the KCC to run use repadmin /kcc.

Jason
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