#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : NTDS events 2087 and 2088 -- DNS lookup failure caused replication to fail Fix : Repair the DNS records the DCs use to find each other Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/srv-ntds-2087 Run as : Elevated PowerShell Expect : 30 minutes Risk : low Reversible : yes WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX Either event is present. Treat 2088 with the same urgency as 2087 -- it is the same fault, currently masked by a fallback. HOW TO UNDO IT None -- this removes records that should not exist and recreates ones that should. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 5" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' NTDS events 2087 and 2088 -- DNS lookup failure caused replication to fail' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Repair the DNS records the DCs use to find each other' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: low Reversible 30 minutes' Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' 'DarkYellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'Run the DNS test and read the failures rather than the summary.' -Command { dcdiag /test:dns /v /e } Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'On each DC, re-register its records.' -Command { ipconfig /registerdns nltest /dsregdns Restart-Service Netlogon } Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'Check for stale records belonging to decommissioned DCs and delete them.' -Why 'A CNAME pointing at a DC that no longer exists makes replication attempts hang and then fail, and dcdiag reports it as a lookup failure.' -Command { Get-DnsServerResourceRecord -ZoneName '_msdcs.example.local' -RRType CName | Format-Table HostName, RecordData -AutoSize } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Confirm scavenging is enabled so stale records do not accumulate again.' -Command { Get-DnsServerScavenging } Invoke-Step -Number 5 -Do 'Force replication.' -Command { repadmin /syncall /AdeP } Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'dcdiag passes and neither event recurs.' 'White' Write-Host '' if (-not $DryRun) { dcdiag /test:dns repadmin /replsummary } Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/srv-ntds-2087' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: None -- this removes records that should not exist and recreates ones that should.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule