Global catalog error

Question

Hi dear expert

when try to create new user on active directory 2016 we get below error

windows cannot verify that the user name is unique because the following error occurred while contacting the global catalog:
The server is not operational.
Windows will create this user account, but the user can log on only after the user name is verified to be unique.Make sure the global
catalog is available. For more information about troubleshooting this issue, see windows help

Answer 1

Hello Raminsa,

It seems that for some reason the computer where you are creating the user can't contact a GC.

you can check the list of GCs available with the command> dsquery server -domain DomainName | dsget server -isgc -dnsname
then you can ping them to check connectivity and telnet (gchostname:3268 or use PortQry (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17148) to test the connectivity on port 3268 (Global catalog communication) for that machines.

hope this helps in your case,
Best regards,

Answer 2

Please run;

Dcdiag /v /c /d /e /s:%computername% >C:\dcdiag.log
repadmin /showrepl >C:\repl.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\dc1.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\dc2.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\problemworkstation.txt

then put unzipped text files up on OneDrive and share a link.

Answer 3

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Thank you