"The replication partner: XXX shows replication errors"......!?

Marin Marinov 161 Reputation points
2023-03-03T16:19:19.92+00:00

Hello everyone, on the attached picture you can see the topology of my lab. I`m having troubles promoting the server called DC-2-2 to a domain controller for child.office-2.local. I got "The replication partner: DC-2.office-2.local shows replication errors." In the txt file you can find the output of "Install-ADDSDomain". I can not figure out how to use repadmin.exe to narrow down the cause of the issue. May I ask you for help? Capture

error.txt

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2023-03-14T13:23:25.6933333+00:00

    I have to make sure that the ports mentioned in the article that you provided are open on all Windows Firewalls in my lab

    It goes beyond that. You'll want to confirm the ports are open and traffic freely flows between networks.

    is there a rule corresponding to each port that I have to enable or I have to create new rules?

    As far as the windows firewall is concerned the Domain network profile provides for this, but again since you're routing across networks (different gateways in use) there's more to it.

    --please don't forget to upvote and Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--

  2. Marin Marinov 161 Reputation points
    2023-03-14T16:30:37.7266667+00:00

    I added conditional forwarder in the DNSs of DC-1 and DC-2 and tried with child2.office-2.local instead of child.office-2.local. After doing so I was able to promote the DC. However, thank you for the time and energy you spent for m problem!