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Server 2019 to 2019 DC migration, sysvol dfsr stuck in initial sync
The event logs could not be read so its a little difficult to follow but looks like STONESERVER has tombstoned. I'd check the system and DFS Replication event logs on both to confirm this. If this is the case then STONESERVER will need to be rebuilt from scratch. Roles are already on SRTTEMP so all that's needed is to perform some cleanup to remove the STONESERVER remnants from active directory.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/deploy/ad-ds-metadata-cleanup
Once the cleanup is done run the above again (plus check the system and DFS Replication event logs are clean) to verify domain health is 100% before trying to add the domain controller again. (put up a new set of files up and I'll be happy to look)
https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApG0VT0-goMMkxrsByHqjSmfxelK?e=e2uw1j
as I was reading through the logs, I noticed that a DC that no longer exists, stoneridgedc.stoneridge.local is referenced.
DC1 etc are for the temp server, DC2 etc are for the new DC server
The event logs could not be read so its a little difficult to follow but looks like STONESERVER has tombstoned. I'd check the system and DFS Replication event logs on both to confirm this. If this is the case then STONESERVER will need to be rebuilt from scratch. Roles are already on SRTTEMP so all that's needed is to perform some cleanup to remove the STONESERVER remnants from active directory.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/deploy/ad-ds-metadata-cleanup
Once the cleanup is done run the above again (plus check the system and DFS Replication event logs are clean) to verify domain health is 100% before trying to add the domain controller again. (put up a new set of files up and I'll be happy to look)
Ok, sounds good, you're quite welcome.
- I've got the network in a functional state at the moment, and I won't be able to work on it further until Monday. But I'll probably have more questions at that point. Thank you so much for your advice. It's got me going in the right direction.
Just checking if there's any progress or updates? Please don't forget to mark helpful replies.
Yes, do the cleanup and rebuild it. (assumes you verified the event logs)
- Thank you for all the help.
When you say I need to rebuild STONESERVER from scratch, does that mean demote it as a domain controller and remove the role (along with DHCP and DNS I assume), or do a clean install of the OS?