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Unsure why it is throwing DFS replication error. Please advise, thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Log: DFS Replication<\/p>\n<p>Type: Error<\/p>\n<p>Event: 4012<\/p>\n<p>Source: DFSR<\/p>\n<p>Category: None<\/p>\n<p>Username: N/A<\/p>\n<p>Computer: SOMEDC.xyz.local<\/p>\n<p>Description: The DFS Replication service stopped replication on the folder with the following local path: C:\\Windows\\SYSVOL\\domain. This server has been disconnected from other partners for 60 days, which is longer than the time allowed by the MaxOfflineTimeInDays parameter (60). DFS Replication considers the data in this folder to be stale, and this server will not replicate the folder until this error is corrected.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"answerCount":1,"datePublished":"2024-11-14T00:45:37.842Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"haroondp","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/haroondp"},"suggestedAnswer":[{"@type":"Answer","text":"<p>I have following error coming up on a DC. We had old DC decommissioned few months ago. And now few months later new DC throwing following error. So how would I go about solving Event: 4012 on a single domain controller environment. This server has no DFS role installed either. Unsure why it is throwing DFS replication error. Please advise, thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Log: DFS Replication<\/p>\n<p>Type: Error<\/p>\n<p>Event: 4012<\/p>\n<p>Source: DFSR<\/p>\n<p>Category: None<\/p>\n<p>Username: N/A<\/p>\n<p>Computer: SOMEDC.xyz.local<\/p>\n<p>Description: The DFS Replication service stopped replication on the folder with the following local path: C:\\Windows\\SYSVOL\\domain. This server has been disconnected from other partners for 60 days, which is longer than the time allowed by the MaxOfflineTimeInDays parameter (60). 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We had old DC decommissioned few months ago. And now few months later new DC throwing following error. So how would I go about solving Event: 4012 on a single domain controller environment. This server has no DFS role installed either. Unsure why it is throwing DFS replication error. Please advise, thanks!</p> <p>Log: DFS Replication</p> <p>Type: Error</p> <p>Event: 4012</p> <p>Source: DFSR</p> <p>Category: None</p> <p>Username: N/A</p> <p>Computer: SOMEDC.xyz.local</p> <p>Description: The DFS Replication service stopped replication on the folder with the following local path: C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain. This server has been disconnected from other partners for 60 days, which is longer than the time allowed by the MaxOfflineTimeInDays parameter (60). 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