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More info?)
I would run Sonar on a dedicated member machine (doesn't have to a server).
Regards,
/Jimmy
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Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
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"Smurfman" <smurfman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0D7EAF78-F0FD-4A32-A30F-B46D2E51C7B3@microsoft.com...
>I was already looking at the Sonar program, but could not figure out why I
> was not getting anything for my DC. Then after looking at the FRS
> service,
> where the state was reporting as a '-' the service was stopped. I started
> it
> and then everything was working just fine.
>
> It also explained why some of my GPO's were not working, since users were
> being authenticated by different servers, and some were not seeing the
> policies.
>
> (Question. This Sonar program, I see it has a notification feature,
> should
> I install this program on my DC to run every hour and report if there are
> any
> problems? OR should I create a script that generates an email and attach
> it
> to the service for subsequent failures, to execute the program, so that I
> know when the service goes down? )
>
> In this case I guess I was un-aware that the FRS had stopped. and the
> only
> File Replication Service entries in the log were from a really long time
> ago...but the last reported that everything was okay...any suggestions
> would
> be appreciated.
>
> J
>
>
> "Jimmy Andersson [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Start with this URL if you haven't seen it already.
>>
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/fileandprint/file/dfs/tshootfrs.mspx
>>
>> Regards,
>> /Jimmy
>> --
>> Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB
>> Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
>> ---------- www.qadvice.com ----------
>>
>>
>> "Smurfman" <smurfman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:72439C58-36F7-4E3A-9C41-542ABD0E79A1@microsoft.com...
>> > FRS does not report any problems with replication, yet I on one of my
>> > servers
>> > the SysVol folder is not up to date. I have a policy that was created
>> > January 31st and has yet to be replicated to my other logon server. I
>> > suspect that changes that have been made to policies as well as one new
>> > policy, are not in sync.
>> >
>> > How can I make sure that replication is working, and more importantly,
>> > how
>> > can force this replication to take place.?
>> >
>> > THanks
>>
>>
>>
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