1 of my 2 domain controllers completely failed today. I have the failed controller restored onto an almost identical box already. Based on present results, I think I am 99% toward full recovery. Here are essentials to know about this server, including why I want to restore it and NOT start new and promote:
- It owns none of the domain roles, thank goodness.
- It is my secondary DNS (could be worse).
- It is my RIS server with numerous images.
- It has my well proven Backup Exec 10 install with the history of catalogs (by the way, the server was restored onto the near-twin hardware using Backup Exec IDR).
The backup tape was a fairly tested tape from two weeks ago, and there have been minimal AD updates since then. Our current AD and Primary DNS on the production network where the failed server came from is in great shape, by all event log indications.
After everything seemed to be ready on the server, I restarted it, plugged it back into the production network, and I was able to see the current AD from the restored server. There were no apparent problems, until I checked out the Event Log. I don't have it with me here at home, but the errors basically were letting me know that replication wasn't happening. So, I ran NETDIAG /FIX on the recovered server. The core issue that I'm trying to resolve is related to the following error produced by NETDIAG:
[FATAL] Secure channel to domain '' is broken.
Trust relationship failed.
There was an error too about the system volume not replicating, which I know is a symptom of the 1st error and resolved along with it.
I'm sure there is a conventional procedure that I can apply to straighten this out. Can anyone share that procedure with me quickly for 500 points???
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