Can't connect to domain controller

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Mike Feihle

We had a PDC (win2k) running successfully for 3 years.
Recently we installed a new Win2K server, a PDC with a
different server name and domain name.
We had to remove it from the network when an app would not
run properly and install the old server.

Now, none of the clients can log onto the old PDC. You
can see the server, access the shares, but it will not log
on to the domain.

All the services appear to be running, any thoughts?
 
-----Original Message-----
We had a PDC (win2k) running successfully for 3 years.
Recently we installed a new Win2K server, a PDC with a
different server name and domain name.
We had to remove it from the network when an app would not
run properly and install the old server.

Now, none of the clients can log onto the old PDC. You
can see the server, access the shares, but it will not log
on to the domain.

All the services appear to be running, any thoughts?
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Mike,

I am sorry but I am not quite following you. You
had 'yourdomain.com' - which was a single domain / tree /
forest - with one Domain Controller ( there are no PDCs
or BDCs in WIN2000. Those are purely WINNT terms! )
running for three years. You added another WIN2000
Domain Controller, making that one a DC for a new
domain. Was this domain a member of the same Forest Tree
as 'yourdomain.com' or did you create a new Forest Tree (
acme.com )?

What DC did you remove and how did you remove it? Are
there any event ids?

Cary
 
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Mike,

I am sorry but I am not quite following you. You
had 'yourdomain.com' - which was a single domain / tree /
forest - with one Domain Controller ( there are no PDCs
or BDCs in WIN2000. Those are purely WINNT terms! )
running for three years. You added another WIN2000
Domain Controller, making that one a DC for a new
domain. Was this domain a member of the same Forest Tree
as 'yourdomain.com' or did you create a new Forest Tree (
acme.com )?

What DC did you remove and how did you remove it? Are
there any event ids?

Cary
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Sorry, I was in NT mode when I wrote this, working on an
old NT server.

The original DC was samson.com. It was/is a single
domain/tree/forest. I added a second server, setup as
scn.com as a DC, the tree/forest not part of the first
DC. This was added long enough to test connectivity.

The first DC was shut down and the second DC was enabled.
Clients could connect to the DC and log on, access
shares. A problem occured with one of the databases, and
the second DC was shut down, the first DC was enabled. No
changes were made to the first DC since it was shut down.

Now, none of the clients can log on to the first DC
(samson.com). They can ping it, see the shares, and the
WIn98 clients can access server data.
 
-----Original Message-----

Sorry, I was in NT mode when I wrote this, working on an
old NT server.

The original DC was samson.com. It was/is a single
domain/tree/forest. I added a second server, setup as
scn.com as a DC, the tree/forest not part of the first
DC. This was added long enough to test connectivity.

The first DC was shut down and the second DC was enabled.
Clients could connect to the DC and log on, access
shares. A problem occured with one of the databases, and
the second DC was shut down, the first DC was enabled. No
changes were made to the first DC since it was shut down.

Now, none of the clients can log on to the first DC
(samson.com). They can ping it, see the shares, and the
WIn98 clients can access server data.
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How long was the first DC shut down for ? 1 hour, 1
week ? 2 months ?
 
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Tree
How long was the first DC shut down for ? 1 hour, 1
week ? 2 months ?
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60 days is the key as the Tombstone life is, by default,
60 days. When you delete objects from Active Directory
they are not deleted at that moment. They go into
a "special area" and are held for 60 days. On the 61st
day they are truly deleted.

Think of this "special area" as the Deleted Items in your
Outlook client ( assuming that you are using Exchange /
Outlook ). When you delete an e-mail message it goes to
the Deleted Items folder. It is not really deleted.

Please bear in mind that I am using the Outlook client as
an analogy so that you might be able to build a picture
in your mind kinda/sorta.

HTH,

Cary
 
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60 days is the key as the Tombstone life is, by default,
60 days. When you delete objects from Active Directory
they are not deleted at that moment. They go into
a "special area" and are held for 60 days. On the 61st
day they are truly deleted.

Think of this "special area" as the Deleted Items in your
Outlook client ( assuming that you are using Exchange /
Outlook ). When you delete an e-mail message it goes to
the Deleted Items folder. It is not really deleted.

Please bear in mind that I am using the Outlook client as
an analogy so that you might be able to build a picture
in your mind kinda/sorta.

HTH,

Cary
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The DC was shut down for 6 hours.

Any ideas?
 
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