Hi,
I am upgrading our 2008 R2 Domain Controllers (All Writable, no RODC) to DFSR for SYSVOL.
2 of our DCs are out our main head office, and 1 DC is in a small office (in a seperate site on a different subnet).
This issue is concerning the DC on in the second site.
I ran dfsrmig /setglobalstate 1 yesterday, and today I expected all to be OK when I ran dfsrmig /getmigrationstate, however I had the following issue:
The following Domain Controllers are not in sync with Global state ('Prepared'):
Domain Controller (Local Migration State) - DC Type
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FT-SGW-FAP ('Start') - Writable DC
Migration has not yet reached a consistent state on all Domain Controllers.
State information might be stale due to AD latency.
I then decided to check locally on server FT-SGW-FAP, and in the c:\Windows directory I have a SYSVOL_DFSR folder, and it is the same size as the other DC's, with the same number of files / folders so I know the SYSVOL_DFSR folder got created OK
I also checked the registry under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\DFSR\Parameters\SysVols\Migrating SysVolsand Local State is set to 1 so I know that the server itself is prepared (according to http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2008/03/05/sysvol-migration-series-part-3-migrating-to-the-prepared-state.aspx ) I also
checked (by comapring with 'successful DC') the other reg settings, and all looked OK
It has been around 24 hours since I started the dfsrmig /setglobalstate 1 command. Additionally I have tried variousrepadmin /syncall /AeD commands (with various switches), I have also tried a few timesdfsrdiag pollad commands, no errors occured. But the issue persists
I also checked the Event Viewer, and I got a few infomrational events which were normal with setting up DFSR for SYSVOL, the last event I got was this one:
Log Name: DFS Replication
Source: DFSR
Date: 27/08/2012 18:32:02
Event ID: 8014
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: FT-SGW-FAP.PAX.local
Description:
DFSR has successfully migrated the Domain Controller FT-SGW-FAP to the 'PREPARED' state.
TO CONTINUE MIGRATION: If you choose to continue the migration process and proceed to the 'REDIRECTED' state, please note that any changes made henceforth to the SYSVOL share located at C:\Windows\SYSVOL (which is under NTFRS replication) will not be
updated in the SYSVOL_DFSR folder located at C:\Windows\SYSVOL_DFSR (which is under DFSR replication). To avoid this possibility of data loss, please make sure no file system changes on the SYSVOL share occur while DCs are migrating from 'PREPARED' to 'REDIRECTED'
state.
TO ROLLBACK MIGRATION: If you choose to rollback the migration process and return to the 'START' state, please note that DFSR will no longer be replicating the SYSVOL_DFSR folder and all DFSR information will be removed from the Active Directory.
This obviously looks good, but that was over 22 hours ago, and still running dfsrmig /getmigrationstate returns that this server is in the 'start' state.
Additionally, I have tried to restart all the servers, I also checked the ADSI edit settings (according to http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2008/03/05/sysvol-migration-series-part-3-migrating-to-the-prepared-state.aspx ), and all is looking
like it should work. But it doesnt! and now I can think of nothing else.
Incidently, going through the event log I found 1 Warning:
Log Name: DFS Replication
Source: DFSR
Date: 28/08/2012 12:10:47
Event ID: 5014
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: FT-SGW-FAP.PAX.local
Description:
The DFS Replication service is stopping communication with partner DC1 for replication group Domain System Volume due to an error. The service will retry the connection periodically
Additionally, this third DC on the second site usually works OK, policies get pushed out, AD replicates fine, so theAD Service is running OK. The server is also a File server, and we use DFS to replicate our files to / from this server with our main file servers,so I know the DFS service is running OK. While the connection is usually 'quite' stable, it does every now and then drop, but its not so bad. The speed is about 1Mbps both ways under ideal situations, but can drop to around
600Kbps both ways under day-to-day usage.
Thanks, would appreciate any assistance
Richard