Saturday, December 6, 2008

Replication topology and connectivity errors

The common causes of Event ID 1311 messages fall into two categories:  Improper logical configuration and Infrastructure failure. These events are logged when an improper logical configuration or a replication error occurs. For more information see KB article 307593.

  1. Improper logical configuration.
    A logical configuration is improperly configured when information in the Configuration Naming Context (NC) does not match the physical topology of the network that hosts the Active Directory forest. For example, a site may not be properly defined, sites that are missing from site links may be included, site links may not be interconnected, or incorrect bridgeheads may have been configured.
  2. Infrastructure failure.
    An infrastructure failure occurs as a result of one of more of the following events:
    1. A wide area network (WAN) link fails.
    2. A domain controller that hosts a necessary naming context is offline.
    3. A replication failure occurs for one or more naming contexts.

For more information see KB article 307593.