When you check the status of Active Directory replication between two domain controllers, you may see
The RPC server is unavailable or
The RPC server is too busy to complete this operation.
These error messages can be reported in the Event log through Active Directory Replication Monitor (Replmon.exe) from the Windows 2000 Support Tools, or Repadmin.exe from the Windows 2000 Support Tools.
The problem occurs because the time at each domain controller is beyond the skew allowed by Kerberos, preventing authentication.
See tip 2669 - How to Configure an Authoritative Time Server in Windows 2000.
If an authoritative time source is not available, you can use:
net time \\PDCFSMO /set /y
where PDCFSMO is the holder of the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) role.
If you believe you have a configured time server, open a CMD prompt and type:
w32tm.exe -v
Here is a sample output that shows that PDCFSMO is configured but is not reachable:
W32Time: BEGIN:GetSocketForSynch W32Time: NTP: ntpptrs\[0\] - PDCFSMO W32Time: rgbNTPServer PDCFSMO W32Time: NTP: gethostbyname failed W32Time: Port Pinging to - 123 W32Time: NTP: connect failed W32Time: END:Line 1147Unfortuneatly, no event is logged when your configured time sync fails.