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On your VPN are you using DNS instead of IP Address?
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On your VPN are you using DNS instead of IP Address?

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Have you configured DNS scavaging? How often do you receive those messages?
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Have you configured DNS scavaging? How often do you receive those messages?

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You need to make sure you have all ports opened so replication can take place.<br />
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If you are having issues please post dcdiag
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You need to make sure you have all ports opened so replication can take place.

If you are having issues please post dcdiag

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For snusgubben: I receive this message about every 2 months. I didn't configure &nbsp;DNS scavaging. Sometimes I do that manually from the dns snap-in.<br />
What is &nbsp;DNS scavaging?How can i configure it?<br />
Thanks.<br />
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For others:<br />
All vpn ports are opened. Usually the controller works correctly.
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For snusgubben: I receive this message about every 2 months. I didn't configure  DNS scavaging. Sometimes I do that manually from the dns snap-in.
What is  DNS scavaging?How can i configure it?
Thanks.


For others:
All vpn ports are opened. Usually the controller works correctly.

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I've two windows 2008 r2 active directory domain controller in two different places connected through a vpn connection. Sometimes i receive RPC Errors (&quot;RPC services not avaible&quot;) and the replica doesn't work correctly. Sometimes I've deleted the domain zone with the active directory name, I've created a new one and the replica worked correctly.<br />
How can fix this DNS Server problem?
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I've two windows 2008 r2 active directory domain controller in two different places connected through a vpn connection. Sometimes i receive RPC Errors ("RPC services not avaible") and the replica doesn't work correctly. Sometimes I've deleted the domain zone with the active directory name, I've created a new one and the replica worked correctly.
How can fix this DNS Server problem?

Active Directory for Windows Server 2008 R2 Replica Problem

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.