Microsoft KB Archive/326855

= XADM: Active Directory Replication Does Not Succeed After You Run ForestPrep =

Article ID: 326855

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q326855



SYMPTOMS
Active Directory replication does not succeed after you run ForestPrep on a Windows 2000 Server-based computer that is a domain controller.

You may receive an error message similar to the following:

The replication operation encountered a database error.

When you view your system log, you see multiple events similar to the following:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: NTDS Replication

Event Category: Replication

Event ID: 1084

Date:

Time:

User: Everyone

Computer: Server_Name

Description:

Replication error: The directory replication agent (DRA) couldn't update object CN=HHSCRC,OU=HPSComputers,DC=hpstech,DC=net (GUID b0e138b4-4e70-4950-b91b-3e04d345cd1f) on this system with changes which have been received from source server fac55224-3750-4040-98d0-c66c30deea85._msdcs.hpstech.net. An error occurred during the application of the changes to the directory database on this system.

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: NTDS Replication

Event Category: Replication

Event ID: 1586

Date:

Time:

User: Everyone

Computer: Server_Name

Description:

The checkpoint with the PDC was unsuccessful. The checkpointing process will be retried again in four hours. A full synchronization of the security database to downlevel domain controllers may take place if this machine is promoted to be the PDC before the next successful checkpoint.

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: NtFrs

Event Category: None

Event ID: 13508

Date:

Time:

User: N/A

Computer: Server_Name

Description:

The File Replication Service is having trouble enabling replication from NWVAL1 to Server_Name for c:\winnt\sysvol\domain using the DNS name %4. FRS will keep retrying.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the ForestPrep utility in Exchange Server, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/deployment/2000/PrepUtility.asp

For additional information about replication issues in Exchange Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

268995 Windows 2000 Domain Controller Logs Event 1153 and Stops Replicating

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