Problems with Domain Replication

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John Lundrigan

I am experiencing a very strange problem. I have created a Windows
2003 Active Directory domain. I then install a second domain
controller into the domain. The second domain controller is initially
installed as a Windows 2003 Member Server and it joins the domain with
no problem at all.

When I promote the Member Server to a domain controller it goes
without a problem and copies the domain partition across. After some
time I noticed the objects created on the new domain controller were
not appearing on the original controller.

I spent some time checking out DNS configuration but could not find
anything wrong. Both domains could resolve URL's to IP addresses.
Finally I thought I might remove AD from the new controller and try
again, but when I tried to do this the uninstall failed because of the
domain controller had a problem with DNS.

I looked in the DNS cache and discovered that there were errors in
trying to find guid._msdcs.---.---. So I looked in the forward lookup
zone for the _msdcs subdomain, but the only computer that was
registered there was the original domain controller.

Now, as far as I know, the behaviour of an installing domain
controller is to load specific entries into DNS so that all it's
services can be found by clients.

I've never had any problems like this under Win2K. Can anybody help
please?

Regards

John L
 
John-

Have you restarted the new DC since this started occurring?

Is the new DC pointing to the other one for DNS and vice versa? This is
crucial.

On the new one, open a command prompt, and do a net stop netlogon, followed
by a net start netlogon, and a ipconfig /registerdns. See if that registers
the records.

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Brian Desmond
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Another way to what Brain already have give you.

Install Windows Server Support Tools found at your Windows Server CD, Use
the command line tool nltest with the follow syntax.

nltest/ dsregdns

it will help you to ensure the domain controller is registered.

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Christoffer Andersson

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