Windows server 2012 Replication errors

Question

First, I want to say I am not a server tech. I have had to work on them here and there but most were just file servers and not DC with AD/DS on them. One of my customers is wanting me to help fix their server. The main issue they are having is that their access to their external email stops working. They have to reboot the server to get it working again. This led me to start looking into the server and I have found numerous errors. Below is a link to a google drive folder with logs and screenshots from the server. From what I can see is the previous person did not remove the previous server from portions of this server. The server is named Odin. The previous server was named Loki. Loki is no longer used and has been removed. This was done previous to me helping. I have gone into the DNS and cleaned out all references to the old server. If anyone would be willing to help me with instructions on how to fix the errors, I would greatly appreciate it.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15gNc8UrxymQOMAy6dX_XpoFS1QLfrzqd?usp=sharing

Errors.txt – Errors from DNS, AD/DS, AD/CS
IP_NetDom_Query – netdom query FSMO and IPCONFIG /ALL
Repadmin.txt – repadmin.exe /showrepl odin.primarytherapysource.local /verbose /all /intersite
Dcdiag – dcdiag /v /c /d /e /s:odin.primarytherapysource.local
Server roles – List of the roles installed on the server
ADDS 1/2 – screenshots of the replication setup that is wrong

Thanks for the help,
Ben

Answer 1

You can follow along here to clean up remnants of non-existent domain controllers.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/deploy/ad-ds-metadata-cleanup
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/step-by-step-manually-removing-a-domain-controller-server/ba-p/280564

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Answer 2

I followed the second link instructions and cleaned up the non-existent domain controller. I found that under Active Directory and Sites I have 3 sites listed. I have Burley which I no longer need and no longer has anything under it. Default-First-Site which doesn't have a server under it and twinfalls which has the current server listed under it. Can I just right click and delete the burley? Do I need anything under the Default-First-Site?

Answer 3

Yea, you should be file to delete Sites that are empty and no longer needed or used.

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Answer 4

Also I just got a look at the google share. Remove the public DNS (8.8.8.8) from the domain controller as this is a show stopper. Then do ipconfig /flushdns, ipconfig /registerdns, restart the netlogon service. Then put up new files and I'll take a look.

Answer 5

Ok, two problems; the ipconfig /all files are all the same. 1. problemworkstation should be run on one of the clients 2. the directory server is not operational right now. Does it have the domain firewall profile? When there's a single DC there can sometimes be a race condition at startup so try restarting the Network Location Awareness (nlasvc) service to see if that corrects the firewall issue. Then put up a new set of files to look at. Otherwise check the system event log for errors since last boot.