Microsoft KB Archive/813484

= KCC Error Event 1567 Occurs When You Install DNS on a Windows Server 2003-Based Domain Controller =

Article ID: 813484

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition

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SYMPTOMS
After you install the Domain Name service (DNS) on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller, the following event may be listed in the Event Viewer Directory Service log: Date:           Source:   NTDS KCC Time:           Category: Knowledge Consistency Type:    Error         Event ID: 1567 User:    NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON Computer:

Description: Preferred bridgehead servers have been selected to support intersite replication with the following site using the following transport. However, none of these preferred bridgehead servers can replicate the following directory partition.

Site:  Transport: Distinguished Name Directory partition: Distinguished Name

User Action: User Action Using Active Directory Sites and Services, do the following:

- Configure a domain controller that can support replication of this directory partition as a preferred bridgehead server for this transport. You can do this by modifying the corresponding server. - Verify that the corresponding Server objects have a network address for this transport. For example, domain controllers that replicate using the SMTP transport must have a mailAddress attribute. This attribute is typically configured automatically after the SMTP service is installed.

Until this is rectified, the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) will consider all domain controllers in this site as possible bridgehead domain controllers for this directory partition.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if the following conditions exist:
 * You promote the Windows Server 2003-based computer to act as a domain controller in a Microsoft Windows 2000 domain.
 * You specify a Windows 2000-based server as the preferred bridgehead server for a site in the domain.
 * You transfer the domain naming operations master role to the Windows Server 2003-based domain controller.

When you install DNS on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller that holds the domain naming operations master role, the installation process creates the following two new Application directory partitions:
 * DomainDnsZones
 * ForestDnsZones

These partitions are specific to Windows Server 2003. When the preferred bridgehead servers are configured as only Windows 2000-based domain controllers, these new partitions cannot be replicated, and the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) generates the event ID 1567.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, configure a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller as the preferred bridgehead server. The Windows Server 2003-based domain controller can successfully replicate this new partition information.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, do not specify a preferred bridgehead server in Active Directory Sites and Services. The Windows Server 2003-based domain controller can then replicate this new partition information.

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