7 / 21 day timer

[Bill Brunt]

I think I understand when the 7 or extended 21 days timer starts when joining
a second DC to the domain and transferring the FSMO roles.

My question is:

How can I verify that the timer did or did not start?

Is there a specific event log entry...in system which indicates?

If so, what is it?

Happy Holidays!

[Susan Bradley]

You'll see in the event logs a "sbcore" event start up in the SBS 2003
box. When you see that the clock is now ticking.

[Robbin Meng [MSFT]]

Hello,

Thanks for your post and Susan's input.

In addition, you can find the below KB article for more information about "sbcore" event :

Windows 2003 Small Business Server Shuts Down Unexpectedly; Events 1001, 1013 and 1014 are Logged
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555087

Hope this helps and Happy Holidays!

Best regards,
Robbin Meng(MSFT)
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[Brunt@discussions.microsoft.com Bill Brunt]

Hi Robbin -

Thanks for that info. So the log entries besides 1001 are caused by someone
stopping the installation and 1001 is from the server re-starting when the
timer expired with two SBS domain controllers, correct?

Are there any indicators that the timer has started?

- Bill

""Robbin Meng [MSFT]"" wrote:

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[Robbin Meng [MSFT]]

Hello,

Generally, you are right. The entries besides 1001 are warnings which tell you currently the SBS server in NOT DC or doesn't hold all FSMO roles for the domain. Actually, I think the four entries
(1013,1014,1014,1001) are in the sequence of events. 1013 occurs as the first warning signal, then 1014(60 minutes), then 1014(30 minutes), then 1001 and server shuts down.

So as Susan previously indicated, the first 1013 event is the start of the timer.