Microsoft KB Archive/826894

= You Receive the &quot;RPC Server Is Too Busy&quot; Error When You Force Replication Between Two Domain Controllers =

PSS ID Number: 826894

Article Last Modified on 9/5/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to use Active Directory Sites and Services (Dssite.msc) to force replication between two domain controllers in the same site, you may receive the following error message:

The RPC Server is too busy



CAUSE
This problem may occur if the time on one domain controller is five or more minutes ahead of the time on the other domain controller.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, synchronize the two domain controllers.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about synchronizing the time in your domain, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

232386 Cannot Log On If Time and Date Are Not Synchronized

232255 Using TIMESERV to Set and Synchronize Time

224799 Basic Operation of the Windows Time Service

216734 How to Configure an Authoritative Time Server in Windows 2000

156460 How Machines Determine the Time Source Server Using NET TIME

Keywords: kbusage kbSysSettings kbprb KB826894

Technology: kbwin2000Search kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch

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