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Missing SYSVOL and Netlogon shares

BD-6573 35 Reputation points
2023-07-05T08:42:03.7266667+00:00

Hello

We have 4 domain controllers in our domain:

  1. SERVER1 - old domain controller running on Windows 2012
  2. SERVER2 - old domain controller running on Windows 2012
  3. SERVER3 - new domain controller running on Windows 2019
  4. SERVER4 - new domain controller running on Windows 2019

For some reason only SERVER1 has SYSVOL and Netlogon shares. All other domain controllers are missing these shares.

C:\Windows\system32>For /f %i IN ('dsquery server -o rdn') do @echo %i && @(net view \\%i | find "SYSVOL") & echo

SERVER1

SYSVOL Disk Logon server share

ECHO is on.

SERVER2

ECHO is on.

SERVER3

ECHO is on.

SERVER4

ECHO is on.

C:\Windows\system32>

All servers are in state 2 (Initial Sync) - looks like we do not have a single domain controller in state 4 (Normal)

C:\Windows\system32>For /f %i IN ('dsquery server -o rdn') do @echo %i && @wmic /node:"%i" /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path dfsrreplicatedfolderinfo WHERE replicatedfoldername='SYSVOL share' get replicationgroupname,replicatedfoldername,state

SERVER1

ReplicatedFolderName ReplicationGroupName State

SYSVOL Share Domain System Volume 2

SERVER2

ReplicatedFolderName ReplicationGroupName State

SYSVOL Share Domain System Volume 2

SERVER3

ReplicatedFolderName ReplicationGroupName State

SYSVOL Share Domain System Volume 2

SERVER4

ReplicatedFolderName ReplicationGroupName State

SYSVOL Share Domain System Volume 2

How we can fix this problem?

Should we follow https://learn.microsoft.com/en-GB/troubleshoot/windows-server/group-policy/force-authoritative-non-authoritative-synchronization

If so, should we perform a non-authoritative OR authoritative synchronization of DFSR-replicated sysvol replication?

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T12:01:37.4933333+00:00

    Ok, gotcha. You could try an authoritative sync

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-GB/troubleshoot/windows-server/group-policy/force-authoritative-non-authoritative-synchronization#how-to-perform-an-authoritative-synchronization-of-dfsr-replicated-sysvol-replication-like-d4-for-frs

    to clear up any errors on server1. The others you may need to demote, reboot and promo again but not until all is good with server1.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-05T13:06:02.2366667+00:00

    You can try a non-authoritative sync on the problematic ones.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-GB/troubleshoot/windows-server/group-policy/force-authoritative-non-authoritative-synchronization#how-to-perform-a-non-authoritative-synchronization-of-dfsr-replicated-sysvol-replication-like-d2-for-frs

    or you can also try move roles off, demote problematic one, reboot, promo it again.

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  2. BD-6573 35 Reputation points
    2023-07-05T13:20:22.3133333+00:00

    @Anonymous Thanks for the quick reply, I appreciate it!

    Quick question - can you explain why we should do non-authoritative sync instead of authoritative sync, please?

    Thanks!

  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T10:31:37.59+00:00

    One more quick question please - can you confirm if I should non-authoritative sync on SERVER1 as well?

    No, not on this one.

    This server has both shares available (SYSVOL and Netlogon shares) but it's in state 2 (Initial Sync) just like all other domain controllers.

    This doesn't sound good. Might check the System and DFS/FRS Replication event logs for more clues.

  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T11:03:03.0833333+00:00

    Is there any way how we can move SERVER1 (primary domain controller with all FSMO roles and shares available) from state 2 (Initial Sync) to state 4 (Normal)?

    Do you have any details? Where is this presented?

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