Domain controller freezing

Question

Hello,

My domain controller freezes and we have to restart it, it happens about every 7 days and i can't find an explanation

Thank you

Answer 1

These one-offs are generally not worth spending any time on. Simplest solution may be to stand up a new one for replacement.

I'd use dcdiag / repadmin tools to verify health correcting all errors found before starting any operations. Then stand up the new 2022, patch it fully, license it, join existing domain, add active directory domain services, promote it also making it a GC (recommended), transfer FSMO roles over (optional), transfer pdc emulator role (optional), use dcdiag / repadmin tools to again verify health, when all is good you can decommission / demote old one.

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