Domain Controller not creating NETLOGON share but creates SYSVOL fine
Our site included 1 primary domain controller and 2 backup domain controllers all running windows server 2003. I decided that I was going to make the move to add a 2008R2 SP1 Domain controller to the mix so I went through the process of running adprep and preparing the forest and domain for the new server. Once all that was done I sucessufully added the new 2008R2 machine ad a domain controller. I ran dcdiag to check things out and rcvd a few errors. One was “Unable to connect to the Netlogon”
It appears that the backup domain controllers are not copying over the contents of the SYSVOL folder or creating the NETLOGON folder from the primary DC.
I placed a file in the empty sysvol folder on one of the backup domain controllers and it replicated to the new domain controller and the other backup domain controllers.
I tried to set the BurFlags registry key on the backup domain controllers but that did not fix anything.
I fixed the issue… this is what I had to do…
Run the following command on all domain controllers in the forest.
Net Stop NTFRS (stop the file replication service)
Go Into Registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NtFrs\Parameters\Backup/Restore\Process at Startup
Change the BurFlags DWORD to = D4 on the Primary Domain Controller and change to D2 on all of the backup domain controllers.
Start the NTFRS service again by using Net Start NTFRS command
After I did this on all of the domain controllers it started working properly.