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SBS 2003 is not advertising as a Global Catalog Server

Our monitoring sofware is telling us "the Domain controller diagnostic Advertising test failed with error "DC holding GC role does not advertise as GC". A global catalog must replicate inbound copies of all objects from all domain partitions in the forest before the global catalog can advertise the global catalog role."

It would seem to me that an SBS server cannot replicate to anything if it is the only server in the forest, but I cannot seem to find much about that after extensive Internet searching and a review of EE. I have verified in NTDS settings that the checkbox for GC is checked.
I would some expert verification on whether the SBS 2003 server should be advertising as a GC, and if so, how to correct this.
Thanks.

Glen Knight

SBS should and will be advertising as a Global Catalog server.

Is it possible there is an old Domain Controller that wasn't removed properly?

Another possible cause is DNS.

Is the SBS server configured to use only it's own IP address in the network card configuration for DNS?

If not it should be, there should be no external DNS servers listed.

Shreedhar Ette

Hi,

Post output of these:
ipconfig/all

dcdiag /test:advertising

net share

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Shree

Brian Pierce

This could be a DNS problem. Check that the SBS server and all clients point to the SBS server as the one and only DNS server.

Try stopping and restarting the NETLOGON service, that should force re-registration of the DNS SRV records

Failing that see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316239

summit_pcguy

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Hi dematzer. Thank you for helping me.
This server was built for a brand new domain so there was no other servers in the domain. We did have a member server running for a week and then it was disjoined and removed. I have checked Sites and Services, ADUC, and DNS and only the one server and 4 workstations show up.
There are no other DNS servers listed, external or otherwise..
The SBS server is configured to use only it's own IP address in the network card configuration for DNS.

summit_pcguy

ASKER

Shreedhar - thanks for trying to help me. Here is the output of the commands that you have requested:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : xxx.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : xxx.local

Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethe
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-19-04-xx-03
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10

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Domain Controller Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\SERVER01
Starting test: Connectivity
......................... SERVER01 passed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\SERVER01
Starting test: Advertising
Warning: SERVER01 is not advertising as a time server.
......................... SERVER01 failed test Advertising

Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones

Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones

Running partition tests on : Schema

Running partition tests on : Configuration

Running partition tests on : xxx

Running enterprise tests on : xxx.local

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Share name Resource Remark

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print$ C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers
Printer Drivers
C$ C:\ Default share
prnproc$ C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRTPROCS

D$ D:\ Default share
ADMIN$ C:\WINDOWS Remote Admin
G$ G:\ Default share
Resources$ C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\res "Event logging files"
IPC$ Remote IPC
F$ F:\ Default share
Address C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\address
"Access to address objects"
ClientApps C:\ClientApps Windows Small Business Server Clie
clients C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business Server\ClientSetu
p\Clients
Windows Small Business Server Clie
Data C:\Data
NETLOGON C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\sysvol\xxx.local\SCRIPTS
Logon server share
Scan D:\Scan
SERVER01.LOG C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\SERVER01.log
Exchange message tracking logs
SYSVOL C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\sysvol Logon server share
tsclient C:\WINDOWS\system32\clients\tsclient

tsweb C:\WINDOWS\web\tsweb
UpdateServicesPackages
F:\WSUS\UpdateServicesPackages A network share to be used by clie
Users C:\Users Shared Folders Users Shared Folders
WCProTWInbox C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Xerox\WCProTWA
IN

WsusContent F:\WSUS\WsusContent A network share to be used by Loca
WSUSTemp C:\Program Files\Update Services\LogFiles\WSUSTemp
A network share used by Local Publ
HP4200 IP_192.168.0.26 Spooled Laserjet 4200dtn in File Room. IP
Xerox Phaser 3635MFP PCL6
X_192.168.0.235 Spooled Xerox Phaser 3635MFP PCL6
Xerox3635-2 PCL6
X_XEROX3635-2 Spooled Xerox3635-2 PCL6
The command completed successfully.

summit_pcguy

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KCTS: Thank you for your help. I have started and restarted the netlogon service as asked. This server has been restarted recently as well.
I looked at your KB article and this seems to apply to child domains. This is a single SBS server with no child domains or other DCs.

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summit_pcguy

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shreedhar: You might be on to something. For some reason (I have no cllue) Windows Time Service was disabled on this 2003 SBS box. I enabled it and started the service nad advertising seems to be working. I will see if we get any alerts this weekend.

Thanks!

summit_pcguy

ASKER

Thanks a bunch for the help. We have not seen the error in over a week so we know the disabled time service was the fix.