Active Directory

FRS having trouble replicating from DC to DC

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Category: Active Directory

The error:

The File Replication Service is having trouble enabling replication from DC-01 to DC-02 for c:\windows\sysvol\domain 
using the DNS name DC-01.d-PIT.local

How to recover from a DFSR database crash on designated primary member

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Category: Active Directory

The Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) database may fail on a DFSR Replication member.

Active Directory Domain Controllers in Virtual Machines

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Category: Active Directory

Never save state or pause an Active Directory Domain Controller.

You should always shut down virtual Domain Controllers properly to avoid replication errors. Pausing a Domain Controller for a long period of time before resuming it can interfere with timely replication. If you do pause the domain controller for a long time, replication may stop and cause lingering objects.

Raise the Forest Function Level in Windows Server 2003-based Active Directory

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Category: Active Directory

 Functional levels are an extension of the mixed/native mode concept introduced in Windows 2000 to activate new Active Directory features after all the domain controllers in the domain or forest are running the Windows Server 2003 operating system.

  1. Use Group Policy to disable USB, CD-ROM, Floppy Disk and LS-120 drivers
  2. Windows 2003 R2 - ADPrep - Upgrading Active Directory
  3. Determine who are the current FSMO Roles holders in my domain/forest
  4. Transfer some or all of the FSMO Roles

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