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server manager refresh failed. none of the services working in DC

Hi,
got server 2012R2 as DC
right now all services in the dc are failing(dhcp/dns/raidius/all services)

had a look in server manager, it has all red flags, refresh failed.

weird is- had a look in the pc properties, found its not showing the domain name at all. .. its showing workgroup and its not available

tried refreshing mof files.. follwed this link. step1: did not resolve the problem.. https://www.urtech.ca/2016/07/solved-server-manager-2012-configuration-refresh-failed-with-the-following-error-invalid-class/

any other ideas ? its a big issue

Seth Simmons

when did it start? what changed?
are there other domain controllers? if so, have you checked their health?

Udara Peiris

Hi X,
Did you try these troubleshooting guides.

Windows Server 2012 - Server Manager Troubleshooting Guide, Part I

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13443.windows-server-2012-server-manager-troubleshooting-guide-part-i-overview.aspx

Windows Server 2012 - Server Manager Troubleshooting Guide, Part II

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13444.windows-server-2012-server-manager-troubleshooting-guide-part-ii-troubleshoot-manageability-status-errors-in-server-manager.aspx

Windows Server 2012 - Server Manager Troubleshooting Guide, Part III

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13445.windows-server-2012-server-manager-troubleshooting-guide-part-iii-common-events-and-errors-in-server-manager.aspx

I saw another solution here,
run the DISM command to repair the Windows installation from the CD.

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:D:\MyWindows2016CDdrive\Windows /LimitAccess

Source : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/7f62c85c-d09a-4cb6-bec5-50bc4652b1e9/windows-server-2016-not-displaying-roles-and-features-refresh-failed-server-manager?forum=ws2016

Hello There

What operations have you made recently? What might trigger this?

It seems like the server is no longer a DC. Do you have another DC in a domain?

Mr.X

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hi, yes i have another DC2 in the domain.
and i could not find what happened to the failed dc1. so we decided to build a new vm as secondary dc3.

i found in fsmo roles:
schema master- failed dc1
domain naming master - failed dc1
prdc/rid/infra - all three roles in good dc2.

how do i change the forest roles from failed dc1 to good dc2 ?
when i try to go into domain and trust in failed dc. am getting the error from the pic attached. and if i go to the good dc2- it says current operation master is offline.