Server error - Server is not operational

[leobis]

Hi all,

I am experiencing this problem in my environmental test network which is composed as follows:

1 Domain controller (W2k Adv. server) with its own domain (Florence)

1 Domain Controller (W2k Adv. Server) and the following child domain (Hotel)

I have created folder enabling the share option in parent domain (Florence) and everything seems to be Ok when when I set the share and NTFS permissions between the user of the above domain; I wanted to the same with those users listed in the Child domain (Hotel) but when I click in the "look in" window of "Selecet Users, Computers or Gruop", for selecting the child domain, I always get this message:

" Cannot display objects from this location because of the following error:

The Server is not operational".

For your information I can map the folder from any computer .... so do you know what is wrong in this configuration?

Thanks in advance for your support

Leo

 

[GiaBetiu]

One problem that I could see in your configuration is the following:
Having one DC in root domain it will keep all Operations Master on it.
Infrastructure Master if it is o the same DC with Global Catalog it will not work. Without infrastructure master there will be no replication of changed objects. A trick is to set Global Catalog on all DCs .
Your error with server is not operational is reffering to one of the Operations Master roles.
Check also to see if those roles are properly assigned. Gia Betiu
m.betiu@chello.nl
Computer Eng. CNE 4, CNE 5, soon MCSE2k

 

[leobis]

Thanks GiaBetiu for your answer; I checked the Global Catalog box in the Child Domain too andI was quite sure to fix the problem but unfortunately it doesn't work yet; I am new with AD so can you please explain what should I do to check the Operation Master Roles please?

If this may help you, I found out that I cannot map the child domain controller evev typing the UNC address in Internet Explorer browser.

Any suggestions?
Thanks again
Leo

 

[DannoSV]

See the following Microsoft Knowledgebase Article to see if the cause/resolution applies to your scenario:

"Access This Computer from the Network" User Right Causes Tools Not to Work (257346)