Domain Controller Issues
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Issues:
I think this DC stopped replicating awhile ago and no one was monitoring it. Now it just won't replicate.
Replication can take a relatively long time. Typically you have to wait about 24 hours before seeing if your changes made a difference.
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@Kelly said in Domain Controller Issues:
@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Issues:
I think this DC stopped replicating awhile ago and no one was monitoring it. Now it just won't replicate.
Replication can take a relatively long time. Typically you have to wait about 24 hours before seeing if your changes made a difference.
How would I verify it's taking place?
dcdiagis kicking back all kinds of errors. -
repadmin /replsummary
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We have 3 DC's that have full OS partitions. This is a nightmare. This is the stuff that happens that forces me into a server administrator role.
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What is your replication topology?
Can you post pics of your sites and links? DNS forwarders. Reserve Sites DNS.
And what Schema.
I can think of a lot of things but my experience stopped at 2008 with limited 2012 exposure. Still it didn't look like anything major changed.
25GB is your Sysvol size?
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@Kelly said in Domain Controller Issues:
repadmin /replsummary
Subdomain 1
DC1 - The RPC server is unavailable
DC2 - Access is denied
DC3 - The target principle name is incorrectSubdomain 2
DC1 - Access is deniedNote: I realized we were using WINS when I tried to power down DC1 and we couldn't ping hostnames. DC1 is one of the DNS servers.
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What is filling up the space on your DCs? 25 GB seems really high for something to fill immediately. Are you using DFS?
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@Kelly said in Domain Controller Issues:
What is filling up the space on your DCs? 25 GB seems really high for something to fill immediately. Are you using DFS?
Yeah we are.
I have no idea what is taking up this space. I'm attempting to find it now.
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Issues:
@Kelly said in Domain Controller Issues:
What is filling up the space on your DCs? 25 GB seems really high for something to fill immediately. Are you using DFS?
Yeah we are.
I have no idea what is taking up this space. I'm attempting to find it now.
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Alright. I'm waiting to see what the event logs are going to tell me but it seems like a lot of this (not all) has been resolved. For some reason they used AVG Tuneup (yeah...i know) on our Domain Controllers and they created recovery files that were 30 GB+, then when our OS partition didn't have enough space to make changes the DC's just started turning off services.
I still can't ping some hostnames but I may just need to wait for replication.
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WHAT? A reg cleaner on a DC? I don't think there is a facepalm meme sufficient for this level. Can you get them fired? If you continue to experience problems you may have to retire those DCs (hopefully they're virtualized).
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@Kelly You have no idea what I'm dealing with over here. I'm not a religious man but please pray for me.
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@wirestyle22 why is any of this your problem what is your job but is not your job stop doing things that are in stop caring about things that are not your job
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/sigh
FFS
OMFG
ROFLOL
huh...wow.. just wow...
OK now back to our regularly scheduled crap fest .
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@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Issues:
@wirestyle22 why is any of this your problem what is your job but is not your job stop doing things that are in stop caring about things that are not your job
I don't know how to not care. I always see the network as my baby. Also, it's in my best interest for us to get our contract renewal whenever that comes up.
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Hopefully my motivation to learn will produce results in the next half year and I'll be able to specialize more. That may lead to a better job. I'll update this thread tomorrow when I have more information. Thanks for the help @Kelly.
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@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Issues:
@wirestyle22 why is any of this your problem what is your job but is not your job stop doing things that are in stop caring about things that are not your job
From the sounds of it, He basically works for a S*B, but a HUGE one
He's a jack of all trades, they don't have dedicated Server team, don't have a dedicated desktop team. Don't have a dedicated Helpdesk.He gets to wear all of those hats.
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@Dashrender said in Domain Controller Issues:
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Issues:
@wirestyle22 why is any of this your problem what is your job but is not your job stop doing things that are in stop caring about things that are not your job
From the sounds of it, He basically works for a S*B, but a HUGE one
He's a jack of all trades, they don't have dedicated Server team, don't have a dedicated desktop team. Don't have a dedicated Helpdesk.He gets to wear all of those hats.
Yeah kind of. The servers aren't my responsibility until something happens that everyone else doesn't know. I guess they trust me although I don't know why
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@Dashrender said in Domain Controller Issues:
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Issues:
@wirestyle22 why is any of this your problem what is your job but is not your job stop doing things that are in stop caring about things that are not your job
From the sounds of it, He basically works for a S*B, but a HUGE one
He's a jack of all trades, they don't have dedicated Server team, don't have a dedicated desktop team. Don't have a dedicated Helpdesk.He gets to wear all of those hats.
The smaller the team, the more hats one must wear. Division of responsibilities amongst an enterprise sized team has little or no bearing on a one or two person IT department.
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@wirestyle22 said in Domain Controller Issues:
@JaredBusch said in Domain Controller Issues:
@wirestyle22 why is any of this your problem what is your job but is not your job stop doing things that are in stop caring about things that are not your job
I don't know how to not care. I always see the network as my baby.
It cannot be overstated how bad this is. The network is NOT your baby. This attitude means that IT is the wrong career path for you, it means that entrepreneurship is the right path. Owners own the network, it is their baby, not the IT team's.
The idea that you own or oversee the network is so unhealthy, it has no place in IT. It will cause you to be a bad employee, it will make you unhappy. There is no good outcome of it - not for you, not for the business.
