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NETLOGON share missing in domain
Hi All,
I was having an issue in which the SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares were not being generated on a new Windows 2012 R2 server that was promoted into a domain with a Windows 2003 server. I performed the tasks at the following location:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/290762
I made a mistake and entered D4 on the domain controller that did not have the SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares. After this, the SYSVOL share appeared and is replicating however the NETLOGON share no longer exists on any domain controller.
At this point I need to recreate the NETLOGON share. Can anyone direct me to the process of doing this?
Thanks,
Cliff
I was having an issue in which the SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares were not being generated on a new Windows 2012 R2 server that was promoted into a domain with a Windows 2003 server. I performed the tasks at the following location:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/290762
I made a mistake and entered D4 on the domain controller that did not have the SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares. After this, the SYSVOL share appeared and is replicating however the NETLOGON share no longer exists on any domain controller.
At this point I need to recreate the NETLOGON share. Can anyone direct me to the process of doing this?
Thanks,
Cliff
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I had a similar issue, try the below;
Run the following command on all domain controllers in the forest.
Net Stop NTFRS (stop the file replication service)
Go Into Registry Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIN
Change the BurFlags DWORD to = D4 on the Primary Domain Controller and change to D2 on all of the backup domain controllers.
Start the NTFRS service again by using Net Start NTFRS command
Run the following command on all domain controllers in the forest.
Net Stop NTFRS (stop the file replication service)
Go Into Registry Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIN
Change the BurFlags DWORD to = D4 on the Primary Domain Controller and change to D2 on all of the backup domain controllers.
Start the NTFRS service again by using Net Start NTFRS command
Here is the correct procedure to re-create NETLOGON:
https://support.microsoft.
Did you have any previous content though? Like any scripts etc? Just wondering if you might need to perform a restore from backups (if available)
https://support.microsoft.
Did you have any previous content though? Like any scripts etc? Just wondering if you might need to perform a restore from backups (if available)
Thanks Matthew. I tried that and it made the SYSVOL share disappear while the setting is a 0 and then reappear when I set it to 1. It didn't result in the NETLOGON share returning though.
lruiz,
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried yours as well and saw the SYSVOL directory disappear and the reappear however the NETLOGON directory did not return.
Any other ideas?
lruiz,
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried yours as well and saw the SYSVOL directory disappear and the reappear however the NETLOGON directory did not return.
Any other ideas?
After performing that procedure, did you reboot the server? Toggling the registry setting above would probably have that effect on Sysvol as expected - the hope though is after the system is restarted, NETLOGON would be shared out correctly again.
I was nervous about restarting for fear of not being able to get back in. I restarted both machines however still no NETLOGON.
Is dns correctly configured? Make sure that each server is pointed to the correct address for dns, wondering if replication is broken due to dns failure.
I checked and it looks like DNS is working fine to me. No errors in the logs, adding test entries replicates between the machines, and I can resolve both AD servers by name from each server.
How long did you let the DCs set, it could take quite a bit of time depending on the size of the sysvol share.
I left it overnight, about fourteen hours, and NETLOGON didn’t rebuild. I replicated the issue in my lab and tried the following:
1. Adding another Windows 2012 domain controller
This resulted in the new domain controller being built without a NETLOGON share and none of the other domain controllers having the share recreated.
2. Manually rebuilding the NETLOGON share by recreating the c:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\L
The second test worked and resulted in replication to the other 2012 domain controller. I implemented this in the production environment and NETLOGON is now replicating.
I am still concerned that there may be issues later because AD has a tendency to have issues whenever any manual operations are implemented. Anyone have any thoughts or concerns to share?
1. Adding another Windows 2012 domain controller
This resulted in the new domain controller being built without a NETLOGON share and none of the other domain controllers having the share recreated.
2. Manually rebuilding the NETLOGON share by recreating the c:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\L
The second test worked and resulted in replication to the other 2012 domain controller. I implemented this in the production environment and NETLOGON is now replicating.
I am still concerned that there may be issues later because AD has a tendency to have issues whenever any manual operations are implemented. Anyone have any thoughts or concerns to share?
The issue is that your 2003 Server has a corrupt NTFRS database (look for a JRNL_WRAP error in the Event Logs).
Iruiz is correct, however, you need to perform the authoritative restore of the FRS database on the 2003 server as it holds the master database.
Please review the following: http:/Q_28894980.html
-saige-
Iruiz is correct, however, you need to perform the authoritative restore of the FRS database on the 2003 server as it holds the master database.
Please review the following: http:/Q_28894980.html
-saige-
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