unable to connect Global Catalog

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Penny

My ex5.5 and DNS server are running in main DC. I change
the role of GC to newly installed additional DC (running
ex2k within the same org as ex5.5).This additional DC is
not replicating with main DC due to some DNS lookup
problem (as seen in event viewer). Additional DC is
pointing to the DNS server at main DC. I tried checking
all the records in DNS, changed dynamic update settings
to yes and DNS query testing also works fine.
What could be the reason of failing replication between
main DC and additional DC? and how long will my ex5.5
server run without connecting GC?

I will really appriciate your response.....
 
Based on the error replication is failing because of DNS. You will need to
verify that each DC has registered it's SRV records and GUID record on the
DNS servers. Try running Dcdiag and netdiag from the support tools and they
may give you more details. You may also want to try pointing both DCs to
one DNS server while t-shooting in case you are experiencing the islanding
effect. See the articles below

249256 HOW TO: Troubleshoot Intra-Site Replication Failures
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249256

275278 DNS Server Becomes an Island When a Domain Controller Points to
Itself
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=275278


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Tim Hines, MCSE, MCSA
Windows 2000 Directory Services

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