So, Active Directory Newbie here. Have enough experience/knowledge to be dangerous. We have some trouble in the office, but I got a good feeling whats going on, but I don't how to professionally handle the problem.
We have 3 DCs. The DC with all the operations master roles seemed to flat out stop replicating with the other two. Those two are still communicating and replicating with each other just fine. Have troubles accessing network shares because of it. Can't pull down Group Policy because of it to desktops.
I'm interested in learning the quick and dirty way to get us back in good shape.
I was thinking demote the machine with all the operation's master roles, configure one of the other DCs to have all the roles, and the re-promote it DC. Switching the operation masters a second time isn't a requirement here.
I'm uncomfortable pulling the trigger with that method.
Could I bother anyone to share how they would approach this situtation? I would perfer not to try create any dump files or post error messages related to why the server became "isolated." I want to know how to fix this in the shortest amount of time, not a complex procedure of complete rebuilding my schema.
Please and Thank you.
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