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Sycnchronizing with the PDC #2

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by mrsvicpeel

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Our PDC went down an we had to build a new one. We gave it the same name. We also have two NAS boxes. We made sure it synced back with the PDC when we brought it back on line. We have a remote BDC that user use to log onto the network. They can log in, but they can not see some of the shared files that are on the NAS box. We have not gone to the site and rebooted the BDC.

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by nettek

Let me understand this. You have a PDC, a remote BDC, and two NAS boxes. Your PDC went down, and you rebuilt it with the same name.

What you should have done was 1. Promote the remote BDC to a PDC. 2. Rebuilt the former PDC as a BDC. 3. Synchronized the two. 4. Promote the new BDC back to a PDC.

If you did not do this, then you have a problem. If you rebuilt the PDC as a PDC, it now has a different SID than your BDC. In other words, their security databases are different. I do not think you will be able to synch them. You may have to blow away your PDC, and do the above steps.

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