Hey Guys,

I have a Windows 2012 server but it has a demo license, this is also my DC. I am trying to create another DC and let it replicate so I can license the new properly and stuff. I have the DNS of each server pointing to each other as the primary and themselves as the alternative. When I check my SYSVOL folder and go to domains, its empty, as I shutdown my original DC the other one the entries disappear and I get errors. When I go to the event log on my new DC I get errors with event IDs 1202 and 2213. Any assistance with this issue i'm having will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Regards,

Jevon.

Check the License is expired or not first.

Upload the below outputs in Sky-drive & share the link here.

Run dcdiag, netdiag and repadmin in verbose mode.
-> DCDIAG /V /C /D /E
/s:yourdcname > c:\dcdiag.log
-> netdiag.exe /v > c:\netdiag.log (On
each dc)
-> repadmin.exe /showrepl * /verbose /all /intersite >
c:\repl.txt
A quick little dump repadmin /replsum >
c:\replsum.txt
-> ADReplStatus
-> dnslint /ad /s ip address of your
dc

https://dirteam.com/paul/2009/01/26/troubleshooting-active-directory-issues/

Please follow this , it should help  expecially this section:

For environments that have two domain controllers 

1. Back up all SYSVOL contents of the first domain controller.
2. Evaluate if the second domain controller's SYSVOL data is up to date. If it is not, you may want to copy updated SYSVOL files to the second domain controller from the first domain controller. Otherwise, any existing data present on first domain controller not present on the second will go into the 'PreExisting' and 'Conflict and Deleted' folders.
3. Set the first domain controller as nonauthoritative by disabling the membership per 2218556. Confirm that an event ID 4114 is logged to indicate the membership is disabled.
4. Enable the first domain controller's membership, and wait for the 4614 and 4604 events that report completion of the initial synchronization. If it is necessary, restore any updated files from "PreExisting" to the original location.

1. Run the ResumeReplication WMI method on the first domain controller as instructed in the 2213 event.
2. After replication resumes, it will log an event ID 4602 that indicates that DFS Replication initialized the SYSVOL replicated folder and designated it as the primary member.
3. Run the dfsrdiag pollad command on the second domain controller to trigger it to complete initial sync (event ID 4614). As soon as initial sync is finished, event ID 4604 is logged, signaling SYSVOL has completed initialization.

Hi Jevon303,

Thanks for your posting.

You could follow Aperellis reference to solve the problem. As he mentioned, you need to resume replication.

And before resuming replication. Please weigh your decision against the environment:

    1.Are there originating files or modifications on this server?

You can use the DFSRDIAG BACKLOG command with this server as the sending member and each of its partners as the receiving member to determine if this server had any pending outbound replication.

     2. Do you need an out of band backup?

You can check you latest backup logs and compare to file contents to see if you should first backup the RFs

3. Are the replicated folders read-only?

If so, there is little reason to examine the server further and you can resume replication. It is impossible for the RO RFs to have originated changes in that case.

For more information, please read the article http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2012/04/24/3493561.aspx

Best Regards

Mary Dong