Questions tagged [sysvol]
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Does the SYSVOL and NETLOGON folder need to be in the same location on all domain controllers
I recently added a new domain controller to my domain. The past admins had the SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders on the C drive. I always thought it was best practice to have them on a separate drive so when promoting the new DC to a DC, I changed the…
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Vinny
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Intermittent inaccessible SYSVOL
I'm having a weird issue, when running gpupdate on a computer. It comes down to SYSVOL not being accessible. Client: Windows 10 buid 1709 / 16299.125
Situation: 2 domain controllers (Windows Server 2012 R2).
- browse to \dc01\sysvol : works
- browse…
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jbostoen
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Computer GPOs not being applied - SYSVOL issue
I noticed on some (not all) of my workstations, changes to GPOs were not being applied. I logged into a couple and ran gpupdate /force. I got "The processing of Group Policy Failed. Windows attempted to read the file…
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MSCF
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FRS Failed sysvolcheck on all domain controllers
Dcdiag /e /test:sysvolcheck /test:advertising
repadmin /replsum
repadmin /showrepl
repadmin /bridgeheads
dcdiag /v
I found a guide to transition from FRS to DFSR because its more efficient.
The guide asks you to ensure that your domain is…
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colbyt
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Active Directory sysvol Check script using Powershell Jobs
I am working on a sysvol check script for active directory monitoring. Completed the script which checks connectivity to sysvol on all the domain controllers in the given domain. As part of this i am doing the below check
Start-Job -sb…
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Migration from Windows server 2003 to 2012 R2
We went from Windows 2003 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2. I did the following:
Joined 2012 server to the 2003 domain
Installed Active Directory Domain Services (aka dcpromo) on the server
Transferred all roles to new server within fsmo maintenance…
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dzint
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How to change Account Lockout Threshold when the path cannot be found
I am trying to change the account lockout threshold for all the users on our domain. The threshold should be three, but there are users who get locked out after one mistyped password, and others who can try six or seven times before getting locked…
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Trying Non-Authoritative restore but CN=DFSR-LocalSettings is missing
I have a single Domain with one Windows 2011 SBS Domain Controller and a newly joined and DC promoted Windows Server 2012 Standard. Forest and Domain functional levels are both Windows Server 2003.
It seems SYSVOL never replicated correctly with the…
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Konstantinos Xanthopoulos
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Sysvol Replication issue
I have read a lot about this recently and must say it is doing my head in.
now what I did was 6 months ago we did a upgrade of our infrastructure.
We had a 2008 R2 server for domain controller now I moved to a new system in a 2 physical hosts…
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Drake
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Windows Server 2003 SP2 - JRNL_WRAP_ERROR (Sysvol)
SETUP:
Windows Server 2003 SP2 with a replication error (this is the only DC in the domain) [image below]: Journal Wrap Error on sysvol share
Is there a way to find out what is broken/corrupt/malformed in this DC's sysvol?
Is there a way to fix…
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Why does disabling the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service lock me out of GPO?
I disabled TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper and started getting EventIDs 1030 and 1058. This thread said that I'd need to have it enabled. Indeed, when I started it up, the problem immediately went away. My question is, why? I thought NetBIOS wasn't needed…
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Kev
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GPO and SYSVOL reset
We inherited a network with badly damaged GPOs across 3 DC's (all WinServ 2016). We receive an "Access Denied" error when using GPOs, and the permissions of the SYSVOL folder show signs of tampering. I have attempted a D2 and D4 restore, following…
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Group Policy Error/DC Issues
We've got an issue in our domain environment with 2 of our On-Prem DCs (including primary DC) missing content in the SYSVOL folder.
Current Setup with missing folders
Correct Domain Folder Content
Our environment currently has 4 DCs, 3 On-Prem…
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kennycoy
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Windows 2003 GPOs don't replicate
Environent:
4 sites, connected by fully meshed VPN over T1s.
Each site had one 2003 DC.
History:
About 18 months ago a DC failed. It was rebuilt with the same name, and promoted to DC, however it didn't function properly. I wasn't there at the time…
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Eric Haskins
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SYSVOL policy folder access denied
In my C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain\Policies I have two foldes I can't open ... gets "Access denied"...
If I try to change perssion I get the message, that I do not have permission:
From my backup, I can see the two folders are empty.
These two "access…
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