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Replication Issue: The target principal name is incorrect

Asked by: Maxwellb

Hi experts,

A while back, I set up a 2K3 machine in anticipation of a new branch opening - the opening date got moved a few months back and now when I started it up after a few months being shut down, I am having replication problems. Everything was working before I shut it down. The new office is in a different site.  Specifically, when I try a manual replicate in AD sites and services from any server in the first site I get the error message, "The following error occurred during the attempt to contact the domain controller Server01. The target principal name is incorrect". As well, when I enter the UNC path to any other machine, I get this error, " Logon failure: the target account name is incorrect". I thought the problem might have occurred because of the daylight savings change - but even after I installed the patch the same problems occurred. I only have one domain in total - no child domains. The event viewer is filled to the brim with KCC and Kerbios errors - specifically, " 1865", "1311", "1566". I can ping the other machines fine, even put their IP address in place of UNC and I will get a share listing of the remote computer.

I ran a dcdiag on it and got these results:

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>dcdiag

Domain Controller Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
   Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

   Testing server: Branch2\SERVER04
      Starting test: Connectivity
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

   Testing server: Branch2\SERVER04
      Starting test: Replications
         [Replications Check,SERVER04] A recent replication attempt failed:
            From SERVER01 to SERVER04
            Naming Context: DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
            The replication generated an error (-2146893022):
            The target principal name is incorrect.
            The failure occurred at 2007-03-13 19:53:29.
            The last success occurred at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
            20 failures have occurred since the last success.
         [Replications Check,SERVER04] A recent replication attempt failed:
            From SERVER01 to SERVER04
            Naming Context: DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
            The replication generated an error (-2146893022):
            The target principal name is incorrect.
            The failure occurred at 2007-03-13 19:53:28.
            The last success occurred at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
            20 failures have occurred since the last success.
         [Replications Check,SERVER04] A recent replication attempt failed:
            From SERVER01 to SERVER04
            Naming Context: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
            The replication generated an error (-2146893022):
            The target principal name is incorrect.
            The failure occurred at 2007-03-13 19:53:28.
            The last success occurred at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
            20 failures have occurred since the last success.
         [Replications Check,SERVER04] A recent replication attempt failed:
            From SERVER01 to SERVER04
            Naming Context: CN=Configuration,DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
            The replication generated an error (-2146893022):
            The target principal name is incorrect.
            The failure occurred at 2007-03-13 19:53:27.
            The last success occurred at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
            20 failures have occurred since the last success.
         [Replications Check,SERVER04] A recent replication attempt failed:
            From SERVER01 to SERVER04
            Naming Context: DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
            The replication generated an error (-2146893022):
            The target principal name is incorrect.
            The failure occurred at 2007-03-13 19:53:27.
            The last success occurred at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
            20 failures have occurred since the last success.
         REPLICATION-RECEIVED LATENCY WARNING
         SERVER04:  Current time is 2007-03-13 20:42:48.
            DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
               Last replication recieved from SERVER01 at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

               Last replication recieved from SERVER03 at 2006-10-31 07:50:15.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

            DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
               Last replication recieved from SERVER01 at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

               Last replication recieved from SERVER03 at 2006-10-31 07:50:15.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

            CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
               Last replication recieved from SERVER01 at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

               Last replication recieved from SERVER03 at 2006-10-31 07:50:15.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

            CN=Configuration,DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
               Last replication recieved from SERVER01 at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

               Last replication recieved from SERVER03 at 2006-10-31 08:05:23.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

            DC=ourdomain,DC=ca
               Last replication recieved from SERVER01 at 2006-10-31 08:45:48.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

               Last replication recieved from SERVER03 at 2006-10-31 08:31:42.
               WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!

         REPLICATION-RECEIVED LATENCY WARNING
          Source site:
         CN=NTDS Site Settings,CN=HomeNetwork,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=brodi
enet,DC=ca
          Current time: 2007-03-13 20:42:48
          Last update time: 2006-10-31 08:05:08
          Check if source site has an elected ISTG running.
          Check replication from source site to this server.
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test Replications
      Starting test: NCSecDesc
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test NCSecDesc
      Starting test: NetLogons
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test NetLogons
      Starting test: Advertising
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test Advertising
      Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
         [SERVER01] DsBindWithSpnEx() failed with error -2146893022,
         The target principal name is incorrect..
         Warning: SERVER01 is the Schema Owner, but is not responding to DS RPC
Bind.
         [SERVER01] LDAP bind failed with error 8341,
         A directory service error has occurred..
         Warning: SERVER01 is the Schema Owner, but is not responding to LDAP Bi
nd.
         Warning: SERVER01 is the Domain Owner, but is not responding to DS RPC
Bind.
         Warning: SERVER01 is the Domain Owner, but is not responding to LDAP Bi
nd.
         Warning: SERVER01 is the PDC Owner, but is not responding to DS RPC Bin
d.
         Warning: SERVER01 is the PDC Owner, but is not responding to LDAP Bind.

         Warning: SERVER01 is the Rid Owner, but is not responding to DS RPC Bin
d.
         Warning: SERVER01 is the Rid Owner, but is not responding to LDAP Bind.

         Warning: SERVER01 is the Infrastructure Update Owner, but is not respon
ding to DS RPC Bind.
         Warning: SERVER01 is the Infrastructure Update Owner, but is not respon
ding to LDAP Bind.
         ......................... SERVER04 failed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
      Starting test: RidManager
         ......................... SERVER04 failed test RidManager
      Starting test: MachineAccount
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test MachineAccount
      Starting test: Services
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test Services
      Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test ObjectsReplicated
      Starting test: frssysvol
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test frssysvol
      Starting test: frsevent
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test frsevent
      Starting test: kccevent
         An Warning Event occured.  EventID: 0x8000061E
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: All domain controllers in the following site that
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0xC000051F
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) has
         An Warning Event occured.  EventID: 0x80000749
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) was
         An Warning Event occured.  EventID: 0x8000061E
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: All domain controllers in the following site that
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0xC000051F
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) has
         An Warning Event occured.  EventID: 0x80000749
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) was
         An Warning Event occured.  EventID: 0x8000061E
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: All domain controllers in the following site that
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0xC000051F
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) has
         An Warning Event occured.  EventID: 0x80000749
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) was
         An Warning Event occured.  EventID: 0x8000061E
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: All domain controllers in the following site that
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0xC000051F
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) has
         An Warning Event occured.  EventID: 0x80000749
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:02
            Event String: The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) was
         ......................... SERVER04 failed test kccevent
      Starting test: systemlog
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   19:50:52
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   19:50:52
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   19:59:36
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:00:06
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:15:28
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:23:42
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:24:18
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:25:09
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:25:10
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:25:13
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0xC0001B6E
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:25:35
            (Event String could not be retrieved)
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x00000457
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:25:52
            (Event String could not be retrieved)
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x00000457
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:25:54
            (Event String could not be retrieved)
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x00000457
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:25:56
            (Event String could not be retrieved)
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:26:00
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:26:00
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x00000457
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:26:17
            (Event String could not be retrieved)
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:27:55
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:36:30
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:49
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         An Error Event occured.  EventID: 0x40000004
            Time Generated: 03/13/2007   20:42:49
            Event String: The kerberos client received a
         ......................... SERVER04 failed test systemlog
      Starting test: VerifyReferences
         ......................... SERVER04 passed test VerifyReferences

   Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation

      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation

      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : Schema
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : Configuration
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : ourdomain
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... ourdomain passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... ourdomain passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running enterprise tests on : ourdomain.com
      Starting test: Intersite
         ......................... ourdomain.com passed test Intersite
      Starting test: FsmoCheck
         ......................... ourdomain.com passed test FsmoCheck

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>





A gracious 500 points to anyone who can solve this issue.
Thank you kindly,
Max

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Answers

 

by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2007-03-13 at 21:19:11ID: 18716053

how long did you leave the machine off for.....AD cannot deal with being left out for more than 60 days (may have increased cannot remember)

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-13 at 21:20:54ID: 18716060

Yes, I am quite sure it was off for more than 60 days.

Thanks,
Max

 

by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2007-03-13 at 21:23:42ID: 18716067

there are supposedly ways to bring this back up but they are long and complex and i do not know them

You ned to remove AD from that Server  DCPROMO /Forceremoval and then run a metadata cleanup on your domain

http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;216498

Then you can re add it

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-13 at 21:28:59ID: 18716085

Is it better to reformat the entire server, and start from scratch with a new server name?

Thanks,
Max

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-13 at 21:35:32ID: 18716108

Would depromoting and repromoting the DC fix the UNC issue?

Thanks,
Max

 

by: maestropsmPosted on 2007-03-13 at 21:37:19ID: 18716113

No that isn't necessary - I will lookup my notes but I had a similar situation last month and it was fairly easy to resolve. Does the file directory on either server have several Gigs of information to sync? Let me take a look at my notes on my resolution from last month and I'll give you an answer - it was fairly simple but does require doing some registry editing.

 

by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2007-03-13 at 21:38:57ID: 18716117

in theory yes it can be done...if there is a simple solution then fire away....whatever you do you are going to have to run the metadata cleanup

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-13 at 21:59:28ID: 18716175

maestropsm,

The AD database is very small - only about 50 computers and a few more user accounts.

I looked at the "dcdiag" log and it indicated that the "tombstone" life had been exceeded:

"WARNING:  This latency is over the Tombstone Lifetime of 60 days!"

Jay_Jay70,

After uninstalling AD from the server, for stability issues (and since I haven't worked with this server yet), is it better to reformat the server?

I am not really that interested in increasing the "tombstone" life - like you said, doing it that way seems to be more complicated than it needs to be.



But, will depromotion and repromotion fix the UNC issues as well?

Thanks,
Max

 

by: maestropsmPosted on 2007-03-13 at 22:02:14ID: 18716182

OK I found the article you would need to follow - depends on how confortable you are following these knds of articles. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315457/ It's the same process if you have a Backup Domain Controller and your SysVol Server is out of sync for more than 60 days. Essentially you have to lookup the GUID in Actice Directory Users and Conputers then perform the BurFlags modification to force the replication to come out of the tombstone state and rebuild the directories. Hope that points you in the right direction.

 

by: maestropsmPosted on 2007-03-13 at 22:05:37ID: 18716191

If you want to make your life simple - yes I would just rebuild the system - but you will need to go in to the replication parent and remove it from the directory you are replicating to and the delete the computer object from active directory. But hey - getting it fixed the hard way is sometimes good experience in case it happens to a more critical system in the future.

 

by: maestropsmPosted on 2007-03-13 at 22:09:13ID: 18716198

If you haven't already done so I would download a tool from Microsoft called FRSDiag. I opened a case months ago with Microsoft and they had to reimburse me becasue they were no help. Using the FRSDiag I was able to trace the problem to it's source and solution.

I don't think the Depromotion Repromotion would do anything about your replication since it's linked to a parent directory structure in AD.

 

by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2007-03-13 at 22:12:39ID: 18716207

i agree, a rebuild will make life much easier as there is quite a bit of work to fix this :)

Just make sure you clean your metadata for the rest of the directory

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-13 at 22:15:30ID: 18716215

When you say "rebuild", I believe maestropsm is referring to "rebuilding the system", as in "reformat". Are you referring to "rebuilding" the AD on that server? ie. depromotion, repromotion?

maestropsm, please correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks for all your help,
Max

 

by: maestropsmPosted on 2007-03-13 at 22:27:46ID: 18716258

I was refering to re-format and reinstall the whole system but Jay jay is right you should do the metadata clean to truly scrub the system from AD.

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-13 at 22:30:01ID: 18716264

Do I need to reformat the entire system or just do the depromotion, then clean up the metadata, then repromote it?

Thanks,
Max

 

by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2007-03-13 at 22:35:39ID: 18716280

yes we are both on the same page :) format the old server completely and rebuild it from scratch

Then clean AD

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-13 at 23:26:45ID: 18716435

So...

1. Depromote
2. Reformat
3. Clean metadata
4. Repromote

Does this look good?

Thanks,
Max

 

by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2007-03-14 at 00:58:09ID: 18716744

sounds good to me...your depromote is pretty much irrelevent as you are formatting

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-14 at 01:00:40ID: 18716752

So I no not need to depromote it first before the format?

 

by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2007-03-14 at 01:01:47ID: 18716760

forceremoval switch simply removes AD from that server and nowhere else, if you are formatting it there is no point

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-14 at 01:03:04ID: 18716764

Ok, thanks - I am heading over to that branch first thing in the morning

 

by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2007-03-14 at 01:03:46ID: 18716772

good luck mate

 

by: MaxwellbPosted on 2007-03-15 at 22:33:31ID: 18732707

Thanks everyone for the help! Worked perfectly after the reformat / metadata cleanup. I will split the points between you two.

Thanks,
Max

 

by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2007-03-15 at 22:37:21ID: 18732714

nice work :)

 

by: maestropsmPosted on 2007-03-16 at 06:24:22ID: 18734510

Glad to help.

 

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