Having trouble promoting a server to a Child Domain Controller

Question

Hello,
I am having promoting a 2012 server that's already a member of a domain to a child domain controller.  All of the prereq's are met.  When I try to promote it, it shows the steps being processed.  When it begins to replicate the parent domain's
database, it runs all night and never completes.  Any Idea what's going on?
Thanks
John G.
John Grace

Answer 1

Hello,
Just to let you know I can ftp, telnet, and map drives to gptsserver1.gpts.biz from gptsserver2.gpts.biz but can't promote gptsserver2.gpts.biz to a child domain controller.  Any help is appreciated.
Here is the contents of dcpromo.log from gptsserver2.gpts.biz:
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Promotion request for domain controller of new domain
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] DnsDomainName  gpts2.gpts.biz
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] FlatDomainName  GPTS2
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] SiteName  Default-First-Site-Name
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] SystemVolumeRootPath  C:\Windows\SYSVOL
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] DsDatabasePath  C:\Windows\NTDS, DsLogPath  C:\Windows\NTDS
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] ParentDnsDomainName  gpts.biz
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] ParentServer  gptsserver1.gpts.biz
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Account (NULL)
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Options  5243072
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Validate supplied paths
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Validating path C:\Windows\NTDS.
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Path is a directory
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Validating path C:\Windows\NTDS.
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Path is a directory
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Validating path C:\Windows\SYSVOL.
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Path is on an NTFS volume
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Child domain creation -- check the new domain name is child of parent domain name.
08/13/2014 21:14:32 [INFO] Domain Creation -- check that the flat name is unique.
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Start the worker task
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Request for promotion returning 0
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Using supplied domain controller: gptsserver1.gpts.biz
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Using supplied site: Default-First-Site-Name
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Forcing time sync
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Forcing a time sync with gptsserver1.gpts.biz
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Reading domain policy from the domain controller gptsserver1.gpts.biz
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Stopping service NETLOGON
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Stopping service NETLOGON
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] ControlService(STOP) on NETLOGON returned 0(gle=1062)
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Exiting service-stop loop after service NETLOGON entered STOPPED state
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] StopService on NETLOGON returned 0
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Configuring service NETLOGON to 1 returned 0
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Stopped NETLOGON
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Creating the System Volume C:\Windows\SYSVOL
08/13/2014 21:14:42 [INFO] Deleting current sysvol path C:\Windows\SYSVOL 
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Preparing for system volume replication using root C:\Windows\SYSVOL
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Created the system volume
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Copying initial Directory Service database file C:\Windows\system32\ntds.dit to C:\Windows\NTDS\ntds.dit
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Installing the Directory Service
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Calling NtdsInstall for gpts2.gpts.biz
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Starting Active Directory Domain Services installation
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Validating user supplied options
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Determining a site in which to install
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Examining an existing forest...
08/13/2014 21:14:43 [INFO] Configuring the local computer to host Active Directory Domain Services
08/13/2014 21:14:44 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Informational): NTDS General / Service Control : 1094
Software write caching for the following disk drive has been disabled to prevent possible data loss during system failures such as power outages or hardware component failures that can cause a sudden shutdown of the system. The disk drive that stores Active
Directory Domain Services log files is the only drive affected by this change.
Disk drive:
c:
08/13/2014 21:14:55 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Informational): NTDS General / Internal Configuration : 2120
This Active Directory Domain Services server does not support the Recycle Bin. Deleted objects may be undeleted, however, when an object is undeleted, some attributes of that object may be lost.  Additionally, attributes of other objects that refer to
the object being undeleted may also be lost.
08/13/2014 21:14:56 [INFO] Replicating the schema directory partition
08/13/2014 21:14:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1963
Internal event: The following local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extensive RPC information was requested. This is intermediate information and might not contain a possible cause.
Process ID: 
488
Reported error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Extensive error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. 5
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Additional Data
Internal ID: 
5000dfc
08/13/2014 21:14:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1961
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry on the following error and directory service.
Extended information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Supplemental information:
Detection location: 
1461
Generating component: 
RPC Runtime
Time at directory service: 
2014-08-14 04:14:56
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:14:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 2839
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry.
Extended information:
Extended Error Parameters: 
0
Parameter 1: 
(NULL)
Parameter 2: 
(NULL)
Parameter 3: 
(NULL)
Parameter 4: 
(NULL)
Parameter 5: 
(null)
Parameter 6: 
(null)
Parameter 7: 
(null)
08/13/2014 21:14:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1962
Internal event: The local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extended error information is not available.
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:14:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / Setup : 1125
The Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard (Dcpromo) was unable to establish connection with the following domain controller.
Domain controller:
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value:
5 Access is denied.
08/13/2014 21:15:04 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1963
Internal event: The following local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extensive RPC information was requested. This is intermediate information and might not contain a possible cause.
Process ID: 
488
Reported error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Extensive error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. 5
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Additional Data
Internal ID: 
5000dfc
08/13/2014 21:15:04 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1961
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry on the following error and directory service.
Extended information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Supplemental information:
Detection location: 
1461
Generating component: 
RPC Runtime
Time at directory service: 
2014-08-14 04:15:04
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:15:04 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 2839
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry.
Extended information:
Extended Error Parameters: 
0
Parameter 1: 
(NULL)
Parameter 2: 
(NULL)
Parameter 3: 
(NULL)
Parameter 4: 
(NULL)
Parameter 5: 
(null)
Parameter 6: 
(null)
Parameter 7: 
(null)
08/13/2014 21:15:04 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1962
Internal event: The local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extended error information is not available.
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:15:04 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / Setup : 1125
The Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard (Dcpromo) was unable to establish connection with the following domain controller.
Domain controller:
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value:
5 Access is denied.
08/13/2014 21:15:20 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1963
Internal event: The following local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extensive RPC information was requested. This is intermediate information and might not contain a possible cause.
Process ID: 
488
Reported error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Extensive error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. 5
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Additional Data
Internal ID: 
5000dfc
08/13/2014 21:15:20 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1961
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry on the following error and directory service.
Extended information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Supplemental information:
Detection location: 
1461
Generating component: 
RPC Runtime
Time at directory service: 
2014-08-14 04:15:20
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:15:20 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 2839
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry.
Extended information:
Extended Error Parameters: 
0
Parameter 1: 
(NULL)
Parameter 2: 
(NULL)
Parameter 3: 
(NULL)
Parameter 4: 
(NULL)
Parameter 5: 
(null)
Parameter 6: 
(null)
Parameter 7: 
(null)
08/13/2014 21:15:20 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1962
Internal event: The local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extended error information is not available.
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:15:20 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / Setup : 1125
The Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard (Dcpromo) was unable to establish connection with the following domain controller.
Domain controller:
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value:
5 Access is denied.
08/13/2014 21:15:52 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1963
Internal event: The following local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extensive RPC information was requested. This is intermediate information and might not contain a possible cause.
Process ID: 
488
Reported error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Extensive error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. 5
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Additional Data
Internal ID: 
5000dfc
08/13/2014 21:15:52 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1961
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry on the following error and directory service.
Extended information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Supplemental information:
Detection location: 
1461
Generating component: 
RPC Runtime
Time at directory service: 
2014-08-14 04:15:52
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:15:52 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 2839
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry.
Extended information:
Extended Error Parameters: 
0
Parameter 1: 
(NULL)
Parameter 2: 
(NULL)
Parameter 3: 
(NULL)
Parameter 4: 
(NULL)
Parameter 5: 
(null)
Parameter 6: 
(null)
Parameter 7: 
(null)
08/13/2014 21:15:52 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1962
Internal event: The local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extended error information is not available.
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:15:52 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / Setup : 1125
The Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard (Dcpromo) was unable to establish connection with the following domain controller.
Domain controller:
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value:
5 Access is denied.
08/13/2014 21:16:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1963
Internal event: The following local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extensive RPC information was requested. This is intermediate information and might not contain a possible cause.
Process ID: 
488
Reported error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Extensive error information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. 5
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Additional Data
Internal ID: 
5000dfc
08/13/2014 21:16:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1961
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry on the following error and directory service.
Extended information:
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
directory service: 
gptsserver2
Supplemental information:
Detection location: 
1461
Generating component: 
RPC Runtime
Time at directory service: 
2014-08-14 04:16:56
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:16:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 2839
Internal event: This log entry is a continuation from the preceding extended error information entry.
Extended information:
Extended Error Parameters: 
0
Parameter 1: 
(NULL)
Parameter 2: 
(NULL)
Parameter 3: 
(NULL)
Parameter 4: 
(NULL)
Parameter 5: 
(null)
Parameter 6: 
(null)
Parameter 7: 
(null)
08/13/2014 21:16:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / DS RPC Client : 1962
Internal event: The local directory service received an exception from a remote procedure call (RPC) connection. Extended error information is not available.
directory service: 
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value: 
Access is denied. (5)
08/13/2014 21:16:56 [INFO] EVENTLOG (Error): NTDS Replication / Setup : 1125
The Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard (Dcpromo) was unable to establish connection with the following domain controller.
Domain controller:
gptsserver1.gpts.biz
Additional Data
Error value:
5 Access is denied.
John Grace