Paul
Thu Feb 14 12:46:03 PST 2008
That would be my next step as well. Get a backup even if you have other
dc's.
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"bce" <brian.edwardo@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Paul,
> Thanks, unfortunately that has already been done.
> No errors other than ones I expect to see.
> it is a single dc for a test domain for an application.
> The only thing that is apparently happening is that on 2/09/08 a backup
> looks like it failed, there is an ntds.pat file stuck in teh ntds
> directory and ever since then online defrag continues to fail.
> I was going to take the dc down this weekend and perform an offline
> defrag of the ad and see if that resolves the issue.
>
>
> "Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]" <pbergson@allete_nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> Run diagnostics against your Active Directory domain.
>>
>> If you don't have the support tools installed, install them from your
>> server install disk.
>> d:\support\tools\setup.exe
>>
>> Run dcdiag, netdiag and repadmin in verbose mode.
>> -> DCDIAG /V /C /D /E /s:yourdcname > c:\dcdiag.log
>> -> netdiag.exe /v > c:\netdiag.log (On each dc)
>> -> repadmin.exe /showrepl dc* /verbose /all /intersite > c:\repl.txt
>> -> dnslint /ad /s "ip address of your dc"
>>
>> **Note: Using the /E switch in dcdiag will run diagnostics against ALL
>> dc's in the forest. If you have significant numbers of DC's this test
>> could generate significant detail and take a long time. You also want to
>> take into account slow links to dc's will also add to the testing time.
>>
>> If you download a gui script I wrote it should be simple to set and run
>> (DCDiag and NetDiag). It also has the option to run individual tests
>> without having to learn all the switch options. The details will be
>> output in notepad text files that pop up automagically.
>>
>> The script is located on my website at
>>
http://www.pbbergs.com/windows/downloads.htm
>>
>> Just select both dcdiag and netdiag make sure verbose is set. (Leave the
>> default settings for dcdiag as set when selected)
>>
>> When complete search for fail, error and warning messages.
>>
>> Description and download for dnslint
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321045
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul Bergson
>> MVP - Directory Services
>> MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
>> 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT
>>
>>
http://www.pbbergs.com
>>
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>>
>> "bce" <brian.edwardo@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:OJ62V2ObIHA.5976@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> To all,
>>> Having some interesting things happening on a 2000 dc.
>>> 1. system state backup fails with "active directory reported an
>>> error" that is with Ntbackup. The tivoli client reports a problem on sys
>>> state at ntds.
>>> 2. An online defrag has not run successfully since 2/8 on 2/8 the
>>> following events were reported in the log
>>> Event Type: Error
>>> Event Source: NTDS ISAM
>>> Event Category: Logging/Recovery
>>> Event ID: 203
>>> Date: 2/8/2008
>>> Time: 1:00:59 AM
>>> User: N/A
>>> Computer: SAMPGHSBL021
>>> Description:
>>> NTDS (352) The database engine has stopped the backup with error -1022.
>>>
>>> Event Type: Error
>>> Event Source: NTDS ISAM
>>> Event Category: Performance
>>> Event ID: 0
>>> Date: 2/8/2008
>>> Time: 1:00:59 AM
>>> User: N/A
>>> Computer: SAMPGHSBL021
>>> Description:
>>> NTDS (352) Unexpected Win32 error: 0x20
>>>
>>> Event Type: Error
>>> Event Source: NTDS ISAM
>>> Event Category: Performance
>>> Event ID: 0
>>> Date: 2/8/2008
>>> Time: 1:00:59 AM
>>> User: N/A
>>> Computer: SAMPGHSBL021
>>> Description:
>>> NTDS (352) Unexpected Win32 error: 0x3E6
>>>
>>> Besides the backup and online defrag I cannot seem to find any other
>>> issue. AD is working, from all appearances and there are no other log
>>> entries showing for what I would expect is a corrupt AD.
>>> Any ideas on this would be very helpful
>>>
>>
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