Error Message: Overlapped I/O Operation Is in Progress (295712)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
This article was previously published under Q295712

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Active Directory Installation Wizard (Dcpromo.exe), if you promote a member server to a domain controller, the operation fails, and you may receive the following error message:
Overlapped I/O operation is in progress.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if a third-party, real-time backup product is installed on the server. The third-party service interferes with the Active Directory Installation Wizard when it recreates the SYSVOL folder.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, remove the third-party backup software, restart the server, and then run the Active Directory Installation Wizard again.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The following text is an example of data that is logged in Dcpromo.log when the problem occurs:

04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Promotion request for replica domain controller
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] DnsDomainName corp.company.net
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] ReplicaPartner (NULL)
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] SiteName (NULL)
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] DsDatabasePath C:\WINNT\NTDS, DsLogPath C:\WINNT\NTDS
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] SystemVolumeRootPath C:\WINNT\SYSVOL
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Account corp.company.net\Administrator
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Options 196
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Validate supplied paths
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Path is a directory
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\NTDS.
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Path is a directory
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Validating path C:\WINNT\SYSVOL.
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Path is on a fixed disk drive.
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Path is on an NTFS volume
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Start the worker task
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Request for promotion returning 0
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Searching for a domain controller for the domain corp.company.net that contains the account DC2$
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Located domain controller dc1.corp.company.net for domain corp.company.net
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Using site Default-First-Site-Name for server \\dc1.corp.company.net
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Forcing time sync
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Forcing a time synch with \\dc1.corp.company.net
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Setting machine account to be DC
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Configuring the server account
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Searching for the machine account for DC2$ on \\dc1.corp.company.net...
04/05 21:13:16 [INFO] Configuring the server account
04/05 21:13:17 [INFO] NtdsSetReplicaMachineAccount returned 0
04/05 21:13:17 [INFO] Previous location of account DC2$ to CN=DC2,CN=Computers,DC=corp,DC=company,DC=net
04/05 21:13:17 [INFO] Stopping service NETLOGON
04/05 21:13:17 [INFO] Stopping service NETLOGON
04/05 21:14:17 [INFO] Configuring service NETLOGON to 1 returned 0
04/05 21:14:17 [INFO] Deleting current sysvol path C:\WINNT\SYSVOL
04/05 21:14:17 [ERROR] Failed to create system volume path (997)

Error 997 maps to "Overlapped I/O operation is in progress."

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/27/2006
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB295712
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