JSI Tip 2901. Dcpromo fails with events 13515 and 7071, if you place the NTDS and SYSVOL folders on a mounted volume?

If you run Dcpromo and attempt to place the NTDS and SYSVOL folders on a mounted volume, you receive a File Replication log, when the server reboots, that contains:

Event Type: WarningEvent Source: NtFrsEvent Category: NoneEvent ID: 13515Date: 2/28/2000Time: 1:11:06 PMUser: N/AComputer: %COMPUTERNAME%

The System log will contain:

Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: Service Control ManagerEvent Category: NoneEvent ID: 7031Date: 2/28/2000Time: 1:42:00 PMUser: N/AComputer: %COMPUTERNAME%

Windows 2000 does NOT support placing the SYSVOL folder on a mounted volume.

The FRS journal cannot track changes because the SYSVOL actually resides on another volume.

To fix the problem:

Use Regedt32 to navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesNetlogonParameters

On the Edit menu, Add Value name SysvolReady, as a REG_DWORD data type. Set the data value to 1.

Open a CMD prompt and type:

net stop Netlogon
net start Netlogon

Use Dcpromo to demote the domain controller.

Use the Disk Management snap-in to assign a drive letter to the mounted volume.

Run Dcpromo and place the NTDS and SYSVOL folders on the new drive.