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singler@xxxx.yyy

12/19/2005 2:21 AM
Environment: Single forest, single domain, 3 DC's, DC1 holds all FSMO rolls, all DC's GC's, BIND DNS, DC1 and DC2 in one site, DC3 in another. All DCs w2k3 SP0, FFL/DFL are w2k3. DC3 went down over the weekend and on reboot get the "Directory Services cannot start" error message. The DA at that site is going through the steps at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258062 to see if we can determine what went wrong. Am i correct in thinking if this is a DIT corruption that: 1) DC1 and DC2 will be fine and 2)simply remove DC3 using ntdsutil, flatten and rebuild (DIT < 100MB, WAN link throughput is substantial). Any input/suggestions are much appreciated. john List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/

amulnick

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12/19/2005 2:48 AM
Not sure I'd trust the DC after following that article, FWIW unless it was a permissions issue. If it were a permissions issue, not sure I'd trust the administrative process in place. :) If it's not permissions, then a rebuild would help me to sleep better. Al On 12/19/05, John Singler wrote: Environment: Single forest, single domain, 3 DC's, DC1 holds all FSMOrolls, all DC's GC's, BIND DNS, DC1 and DC2 in one site, DC3 in another. All DCs w2k3 SP0, FFL/DFL are w2k3.DC3 went down over the weekend and on reboot get the "Directory Servicescannot start" error message.The DA at that site is going through the steps at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258062 to see if we can determine whatwent wrong.Am i correct in thinking if this is a DIT corruption that: 1) DC1 and DC2 will be fine and 2)simply remove DC3 using ntdsutil, flatten andrebuild (DIT < 100MB, WAN link throughput is substantial).Any input/suggestions are much appreciated.johnList info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspxList FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspxList archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/

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