Event IDs 1173 and 1925 are logged after you perform an authoritative restore on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller to restore an application partition that was previously deleted

Consider the following scenario. You are running a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller. On this domain controller, you perform an authoritative restore to restore an application partition that was previously deleted. In this scenario, the application partition may not be replicated to some other domain controllers after the authoritative restore.

Additionally, the following events are logged in the Directory Service log on the domain controller:

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: NTDS General
Event Category: Internal Processing
Event ID: 1173
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON
Computer: ComputerName
Description:
Internal event: Active Directory has encountered the following exception and associated parameters.

Exception:
e0010002
Parameter:
0

Additional Data
Error value:
8443
Internal ID:
106023d

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: NTDS KCC
Event Category: Knowledge Consistency Checker
Event ID: 1925
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON
Computer: ComputerName
Description:
The attempt to establish a replication link for the following writable directory partition failed.

Directory partition:
DC=ApplicationPartitionName,DC=Namespace,DC=Namespace,DC=Namespace
Source domain controller:
CN=NTDS Settings,CN=DomainController,CN=Servers,CN=SiteName,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Namespace,DC=Namespace
Source domain controller address:
Address
Intersite transport (if any):
IntersiteTransport

This domain controller will be unable to replicate with the source domain controller until this problem is corrected.

User Action
Verify if the source domain controller is accessible or network connectivity is available.

Additional Data
Error value:
8439 The distinguished name specified for this replication operation is invalid.

To prevent this problem, apply the following hotfix on the domain controller before you perform an authoritative restore.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

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Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, the computer must be a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based domain controller. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, x86-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2, x86-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, Itanium-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2, Itanium-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, x64-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2, x64-based versions

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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