Hi
I have a couple of Windows 2012 domain controllers that have stopped replicating their Sysvol folders.
I believe that the issue is with DC2 as it is missing some of the newer policies, despite having a lot more folders listed (these were old policies that have been removed).
The error message listed says
‘The DFS Replication service stopped replication on volume C:. This occurs when a DFSR JET database is not shut down cleanly and Auto Recovery is disabled. To resolve this issue, back up the files in the affected replicated folders, and then use the ResumeReplication WMI method to resume replication.’
I have run the ResumeReplication which says it was successful. I then get a message that I have exceeded the maximum offline time of 60 days so I increase it with
‘The DFS Replication service stopped replication on the folder with the following local path: C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain. This server has been disconnected from other partners for 85 days, which is longer than the time allowed by the MaxOfflineTimeInDays parameter (60). DFS Replication considers the data in this folder to be stale, and this server will not replicate the folder until this error is corrected.
To resume replication of this folder, use the DFS Management snap-in to remove this server from the replication group, and then add it back to the group. This causes the server to perform an initial synchronization task, which replaces the stale data with fresh data from other members of the replication group. ‘
I tried to remove server in the DFS Management snap-in but was unable to find the option so ran the command to increase the maximum offline time
wmic.exe /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path dfsrMachineConfig Set MaxOfflineTimeInDays=120
I restart the DFSR service and things initially look positive in the Event Viewer until I get an error…
The DFS Replication service stopped replication on the replicated folder at local path C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain.
Additional Information:
Error: 9073 (Content set initialization is pending journal wrap task to resume journal read)
Running DCDiag appears to be fine with the exception of reporting there are errors in event log.
Can anyone assist with any suggestions on how to recover this without the need to completely rebuild the server. Active Directory seems to be replicating without issue, it’s just the Sysvol share.
Many thanks
Simon