DFSR Not Replicating

[Luke13TH]

Hi All,

I have this issue with a farm of 5 Domain Controllers (Windows server 2012 and 2016). DFSR is not replicating SYSVOL folder to any of the of the domain controllers. Here is a quick topology of the servers.

DC01 - Primary Domain Controller

DC02 - Child Domain Controller
DC03 - Child Domain Controller
DC04 - Child Domain Controller
DC05 - Child Domain Controller

DC01 is set to replicate SYSVOL folder to DC02, 03, 04 & 05

Some servers are still in the initial sync state however when doing an authoritative/non-authoritative sync to replicate the SYSVOL folder this does not change the status. I have tried manual tests, I have run DFS management tests, I have done authoritative/non-authoritative syncs. I am at a standstill now and not sure how to progress, any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

 

[Neemobeer]

Are they all in the same AD site or different, and also has it ever worked?

 

[Luke13TH]

They are in different AD sites and honestly I do not know, the company has not told me if it has or hasn't but i would say lets suspect it hasn't.

 

[Neemobeer]

Have you checked the primary to see if it's in an error state?

This article should help, you may need to look at a different article depending on what server version(s) your DCs are
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...oubleshoot-missing-sysvol-and-netlogon-shares

 

[Luke13TH]

I have completed all of these steps already, been through countless pages of microsoft troubleshooting and forums however I will look over them again, see if I missed anything first time.

 

[Luke13TH]

After countless hours on this, I resolved this issue using this knowledge base article https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...tive-and-non-authoritative-synchronization-fo

 

[Neemobeer]

The second bullet point in resolutions pointed to that page.