Hello Replication failed . Forced replication with samba-tools also , with output as below : /usr/local/samba/bin/samba-tool drs replicate dc1 dc2 CN=Computers,DC=vizavi,DC=inc,dc1.vizavi.inc Failed to bind to uuid e3514235-4b06-11d1-ab04-00c04fc2dcd2 for e3514235-4b06-11d1-ab04-00c04fc2dcd2 at ncacn_ip_tcp:dc1[1024,seal] NT_STATUS_NET_WRITE_FAULT ERROR(<class 'samba.drs_utils.drsException'>): DRS connection to dc1 failed - drsException: DRS connection to dc1 failed: (-1073741614, 'NT_STATUS_NET_WRITE_FAULT') File "/usr/local/samba/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/samba/netcmd/drs.py", line 39, in drsuapi_connect (ctx.drsuapi, ctx.drsuapi_handle, ctx.bind_supported_extensions) = drs_utils.drsuapi_connect(ctx.server, ctx.lp, ctx.creds) File "/usr/local/samba/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/samba/drs_utils.py", line 54, in drsuapi_connect raise drsException("DRS connection to %s failed: %s" % (server, e)) Could someone advice ? samba -V Version 4.0.3 ( Was upgraded from Alfa16 ) cat /etc/issue CentOS release 6.3 (Final) Thanks, Konstantin.