Questions tagged [sysvol]
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FRS not replicating C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\domain\scripts after non-authoritative restore
We are running several Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers. The replication of sysvol is done by NTFRS.
Yesterday, our master DC reported a "JRNL_WRAP_ERROR" for the SYSVOL Share. I ran a chkdsk on C:\ but it did not show any problems. After…
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Albert
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Adding a Win 2008 R2 DC to a Win 2000 Server domain
I am in the process of moving our active directory environment off of Windows 2000 server to a new Windows 2008 R2 server. I have prepped our Windows 2000 domain and upgraded the schema so that I could add the DC role to the Windows 2008 server. …
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Mike Gargano
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Newly Promoted Domain Controller does not create and replicate SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders
There seems to be something wrong with my primary domain controller. No matter what I do, I cannot get other domain controllers to create sysvol and netlogon folders when they've been promoted. my dcdiag shows these errors on my new domain…
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Intrepid
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AD / SYSVOL Version Mismatch on Default Domain Policy
I've created two test VMs in VMWare, both Server 2012 R2 Standard. One was promoted to a DC, with the domain name being test2.local. I modified the DNS record on the other server, and joined it to the test domain. Then I did (from an administrative…
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Event 34 on Windows 2008 R2 write cache and sysvol on system drive
I have Windows Server 2008 R2 running as Active Directory Primary Domain Controller.
Since our domain is not large, I put the SYSVOL and NTDS folders in the default location on the system drive (SSD in a software RAID 1).
I now get the 34 event…
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user170182
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Why do clients on Branch Sites insist on accessing SYSVOL on the HQ DC instead of the branches' RODC?
I'm still scratching my head over this situation...
You see, we have 3 RW DCs in the HQ, and 1 RODC on every branch sites (50+ locations).
During startup, a script will pull in some files from \\example.com\SYSVOL\example.com\Common\Data
But we have…
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pepoluan
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How to get client to update GPO to recognized scripts were added in manually
So I'm attempting to programmatically add a logon/logoff/etc script to be ran with a GPO. I add the scripts in their respective /Sysvol/blah... directory. I update the scripts.ini file correctly to reflect the new script. I update the gpt.ini…
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ymerej
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browsing to AD domain displays sysvol from remote DC
Five-site company connected with low-latency layer 2 or IPSec tunnels, 2 DCs at each site.
I have noticed that browsing to \\domain.tld often displays sysvol/netlogon shares from a remote DC. The reason I can tell is because a couple of the smaller…
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How to check DFSR or FRS for Sysvol Replication with Powershell?
I've been investigating how to check whether DFSR or FRS for Sysvol Replication is used with powershell. Here is my naive methods, I have tried to implement.
Check if the DFS replication is installed
PS C:> Get-WindowsFeature|where Displayname…
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Ender
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Group policy infrastructure failed due to network access is denied
A number of my servers are not able to sync into our WSUS server. On digging, we noticed a number of group policies are not being applied.
On running rsop.msc, I get the following error message:
Group Policy Infrastructure failed due to the error…
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Jeff
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Invalid method Parameter when calling DfsrConnectionInfo->ForceReplication() with WMIC
In our AD infrastructure the SYSVOL is replicated by DFSR. I want to force replication using WMI (ForceReplication method) via WMIC:
wmic /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path DfsrConnectionInfo call ForceReplication(15,10,2)
But this fails…
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Parse a copy of the SYSVOL
I have a full copy of a client's SYSVOL folder. The only DC on site had failed and been restored, but that got me wondering if there was a tool to look through a copy of the SYSVOL folder for information about what was being applied by Group Policy.…
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SYSVOL not replicating to some RODC
I'm stumped.
I was trying to replicate a file (corporate wallpaper) to branch offices via SYSVOL (so that workstations in branch offices don't have to pull the file from HO). However, the replication only worked for some RODCs, but failed on other…
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pepoluan
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Empty SYSVOL share
After a restore, my standalone (Yes, I know, horrible practice, I shot myself in the foot, etc.) Windows 2012 R2 domain controller no longer has data in the SYSVOL share.
Immediately after the restore, it refused to function both as a DC and as a…
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Alberto
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Group Policy Management - The network name cannot be found
I have this problem for over 2 years with my server and I basically cannot use windows server group policy due to this problem.
I have a windows server 2008 R2 that when I try to add a new GPO to my domain it gives me an error "The network name…
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Armin
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