I was earlier running a Windows 2003 Server DC and I remember SYSVOL use to show up as a share. Now I have installed a new Server Windows 2008 but the sysvol is not showing up as a Share.
Any idea what is wrong and how can I fix it?
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I was earlier running a Windows 2003 Server DC and I remember SYSVOL use to show up as a share. Now I have installed a new Server Windows 2008 but the sysvol is not showing up as a Share.
Any idea what is wrong and how can I fix it?
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There is nothing changed regarding this in Windows 2008. So SYSVOL should still show up as share. But as you said it is not showing up, just try doing a "net share" via command line .
Apart from this you should also try out dcdiag.exe and see what the results are for the "frssysvol" test. See if sysvol share showing up now.
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Thank you very much for the help Tanvir. I followed your suggestions and ran all your test but it is still not showing up. Here are the test results.
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Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Trying to find home server...
Home Server = ISNDC1
* Identified AD Forest.
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\ISNDC1
Starting test: Connectivity
......................... ISNDC1 passed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\ISNDC1
Starting test: Advertising
Fatal Error:DsGetDcName (ISNDC1) call failed, error 1355
The Locator could not find the server.
......................... ISNDC1 failed test Advertising
Starting test: FrsEvent
There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after the
SYSVOL has been shared. Failing SYSVOL replication problems may cause
Group Policy problems.
......................... ISNDC1 passed test FrsEvent
Starting test: DFSREvent
There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after the
SYSVOL has been shared. Failing SYSVOL replication problems may cause
Group Policy problems.
......................... ISNDC1 failed test DFSREvent
Starting test: SysVolCheck
......................... ISNDC1 passed test SysVolCheck
Starting test: KccEvent
......................... ISNDC1 passed test KccEvent
Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
......................... ISNDC1 passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
Starting test: MachineAccount
......................... ISNDC1 passed test MachineAccount
Starting test: NCSecDesc
......................... ISNDC1 passed test NCSecDesc
Starting test: NetLogons
Unable to connect to the NETLOGON share! (\\ISNDC1\netlogon)
[ISNDC1] An net use or LsaPolicy operation failed with error 67,
The network name cannot be found..
......................... ISNDC1 failed test NetLogons
Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
......................... ISNDC1 passed test ObjectsReplicated
Starting test: Replications
......................... ISNDC1 passed test Replications
Starting test: RidManager
......................... ISNDC1 passed test RidManager
Starting test: Services
......................... ISNDC1 passed test Services
Starting test: SystemLog
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 04/22/2009 09:37:41
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\insightnetworks.local\sysvol\insightnetworks.local\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following:
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000406
Time Generated: 04/22/2009 09:42:44
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to retrieve new Group Policy settings for this user or computer. Look in the details tab for error code and description. Windows will automatically retry this operation at the next refresh cycle. Computers joined to the domain must have proper name resolution and network connectivity to a domain controller for discovery of new Group Policy objects and settings. An event will be logged when Group Policy is successful.
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000406
Time Generated: 04/22/2009 09:47:47
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to retrieve new Group Policy settings for this user or computer. Look in the details tab for error code and description. Windows will automatically retry this operation at the next refresh cycle. Computers joined to the domain must have proper name resolution and network connectivity to a domain controller for discovery of new Group Policy objects and settings. An event will be
logged when Group Policy is successful.
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000406
Time Generated: 04/22/2009 09:52:49
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to retrieve new Group Policy settings for this user or computer. Look in the details tab for error code and description. Windows will automatically retry this operation at the next refresh cycle. Computers joined to the domain must have proper name resolution and network connectivity to a domain controller for discovery of new Group Policy objects and settings. An event will be
logged when Group Policy is successful.
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000406
Time Generated: 04/22/2009 09:57:52
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to retrieve new Group Policy settings for this user or computer. Look in the details tab for error code and description. Windows will automatically retry this operation at the next refresh cycle. Computers joined to the domain must have proper name resolution and network connectivity to a domain controller for discovery of new Group Policy objects and settings. An event will be
logged when Group Policy is successful.
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000406
Time Generated: 04/22/2009 10:02:55
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to retrieve new Group Policy settings for this user or computer. Look in the details tab for error code and description. Windows will automatically retry this operation at the next refresh cycle. Computers joined to the domain must have proper name resolution and network connectivity to a domain controller for discovery of new Group Policy objects and settings. An event will be logged when Group Policy is successful.
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000406
Time Generated: 04/22/2009 10:13:02
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to retrieve new Group Policy settings for this user or computer. Look in the details tab for error code and description. Windows will automatically retry this operation at the next refresh cycle. Computers joined to the domain must have proper name resolution and network connectivity to a domain controller for discovery of new Group Policy objects and settings. An event will be
logged when Group Policy is successful.
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000406
Time Generated: 04/22/2009 10:18:05
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to retrieve new Group Policy settings for this user or computer. Look in the details tab for error code and description. Windows will automatically retry this operation at the next refresh cycle. Computers joined to the domain must have proper name resolution and network connectivity to a domain controller for discovery of new Group Policy objects and settings. An event will be
logged when Group Policy is successful.
......................... ISNDC1 failed test SystemLog
Starting test: VerifyReferences
......................... ISNDC1 passed test VerifyReferences
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Configuration passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : insightnetworks
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... insightnetworks passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... insightnetworks passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running enterprise tests on : insightnetworks.local
Starting test: LocatorCheck
Warning: DcGetDcName(GC_SERVER_REQUIRED) call failed, error 1355
A Global Catalog Server could not be located - All GC's are down.
Warning: DcGetDcName(TIME_SERVER) call failed, error 1355
A Time Server could not be located.
The server holding the PDC role is down.
Warning: DcGetDcName(GOOD_TIME_SERVER_PREFERRED) call failed, error
1355
A Good Time Server could not be located.
Warning: DcGetDcName(KDC_REQUIRED) call failed, error 1355
A KDC could not be located - All the KDCs are down.
......................... insightnetworks.local failed test
LocatorCheck
Starting test: Intersite
......................... insightnetworks.local passed test Intersite
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I checked the results carefully. It indicates that there was something wrong within your environment. It shows that Dcdiag is complaining about mising roles (PDC). So I’ll suggest you to try running "netdom query fsmo".
Post the results here.
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Yeah, I too agree with Tanvir. Your results are showing up few failures such as Ntelogon, advertising etc.. I have some questions which will help me fix your problem if you can let me know if your DNS is configured and is this your first ever DC. When you reply, just try to post your IPconfig /all results as well.
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