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Active Directory stops responding after loosing a domain controller


One of my domain controllers corrupted and the secondary DC has not come online since. I have found the following error message in the event log with event ID 1126.

Active Directory Domain Services was unable to establish a connection with the global catalog. 
 
Additional Data 
Error value:
1355 The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. 
Internal ID:
3201641 
 
User Action: 
Make sure a global catalog is available in the forest, and is reachable from this domain controller. You may use the nltest utility to diagnose this problem.

Solution

  • On the remaining domain controller, edit the registry value at HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters\SysvolReady

    It should initially be 0. Set it to 1 and restart Active Directory Domain Services.