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SBS 2008 - Group Policy Management "The network name cannot be found"

Hi Experts,

I recently completed a migration of sbs 2003 to sbs 2008. Currently both are powered on domain controllers. I can still access and makes changes to the GPO's on the old DC server, however on the new sbs 2008 DC when I try to create a new GPO I get the following error:

"The network name cannot be found"

Any ideas?
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seems that something went wrong with the domain migration, have you ran a dcdiag to diagnose the health of the AD ? if not can you run this and specify the errors it throws ?
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Could be replication. Could be as simple as bad DNS entries.
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I ran the analyzer. It can back with two DNS errors.

1. DNS A resource record points to incorrect IP address
"The host (A) record points to the incorrect IP address 192.168.1.250192.168.1.27. The record should point to 192.168.1.250

** .250 is the new server IP; .27 is the PPP adapter RAS interface

Also, I had both the old server and new server IP address configured for DNS. I changed it to just the local server and then ran the DCDIAG

Directory Server Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
   Trying to find home server...
   Home Server = RTDC2
   * Identified AD Forest.
   Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\RTDC2
      Starting test: Connectivity
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\RTDC2
      Starting test: Advertising
         Warning: DsGetDcName returned information for \\rtdc1.rontinas.local,
         when we were trying to reach RTDC2.
         SERVER IS NOT RESPONDING or IS NOT CONSIDERED SUITABLE.
         ......................... RTDC2 failed test Advertising
      Starting test: FrsEvent
         There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after the
         SYSVOL has been shared.  Failing SYSVOL replication problems may cause
         Group Policy problems.
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test FrsEvent
      Starting test: DFSREvent
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test DFSREvent
      Starting test: SysVolCheck
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test SysVolCheck
      Starting test: KccEvent
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test KccEvent
      Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
      Starting test: MachineAccount
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test MachineAccount
      Starting test: NCSecDesc
         Error NT AUTHORITY\ENTERPRISE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS doesn't have
            Replicating Directory Changes In Filtered Set
         access rights for the naming context:
         DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=rontinas,DC=local
         Error NT AUTHORITY\ENTERPRISE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS doesn't have
            Replicating Directory Changes In Filtered Set
         access rights for the naming context:
         DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=rontinas,DC=local
         ......................... RTDC2 failed test NCSecDesc
      Starting test: NetLogons
         Unable to connect to the NETLOGON share! (\\RTDC2\netlogon)
         [RTDC2] An net use or LsaPolicy operation failed with error 67,
         The network name cannot be found..
         ......................... RTDC2 failed test NetLogons
      Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test ObjectsReplicated
      Starting test: Replications
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test Replications
      Starting test: RidManager
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test RidManager
      Starting test: Services
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test Services
      Starting test: SystemLog
         An Warning Event occurred.  EventID: 0x80040081
            Time Generated: 11/01/2010   19:54:23
            EvtOpenPublisherMetaData failed, publisher = bcraid, error 2 The sys
tem cannot find the file specified..
            (Event String (event log = System) could not be retrieved, error
            0x2)
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test SystemLog
      Starting test: VerifyReferences
         ......................... RTDC2 passed test VerifyReferences


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

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

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

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

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

   Running enterprise tests on : rontinas.local
      Starting test: LocatorCheck
         ......................... rontinas.local passed test LocatorCheck
      Starting test: Intersite
         ......................... rontinas.local passed test Intersite
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The problem was related to the sysvol folder. However, I found the proper steps/reg edits to resolve the issue.
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