Combining the IM role with the GC role is a non-issue when ALL DCs in a
domain are GCs
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QUOTE FROM Q198793 (Garbage Collection)
The Garbage Collection process starts by first removing "tombstones" from
the database. Tombstones are remains of objects that have been previously
deleted. (When an object is deleted, it is not actually removed from the
Active Directory database. It is instead marked for deletion at a later
date. This then gets replicated to other domain controllers. When the time
expires for the object (tombstoneLifetime), the object is deleted.) Next,
the garbage collection process deletes any unnecessary log files. Finally,
the process launches a defragmentation thread to claim additional free
space.
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The main problem here is that the objects NEVER were tombstoned, so
according to information above the objects will not be deleted by the
Garbage Collection process
Jorge
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: 1/29/2004 6:20 PM
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Contents of GC
>>>THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENT IS AN EXAMPLE:
* 1 forest with 3 domains (W2K Native Mode)
* DOM_A is forest root
* DOM_B is a child domain of DOM_A
* DOM_C is a child domain of DOM_A
* Each domain has 5 DCs
* Each DC = GC
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Question - you state all DC's are GC's??? Shouldn't one DC from each
domain hold the IM role and not be a GC?
I wonder if all DC's are GC's, then you are running into a IM versus GC
conflict. Maybe not so much in the normal replication problem but in
the garbage collection.
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;248047
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;248047>
Any replication errors?? and have you let the domains run for more than
24 hours so that the normal garbage collection and database maintenance
stuff has a chance to run?
Brings up another question - anybody have a good description of the
normal garbage collection and database maintenance procedures in AD?
-Stuart Fuller
State of Montana
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From: Jorge de Almeida Pinto
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 9:32 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Contents of GC
I tested the situation I described earlier (see below) and the findings
are as expected:
I restored DOM_B using the backup without the 10000 objects.
Everything is in sync again.
When I do an AD search (in DOM_A or DOM_C) for the 10000 objects (all
begin with the name TEST) I get 10000 results
When I do an AD search (in DOM_B) for the 10000 objects (all begin with
the name TEST) I get 0 results.
THUS: how to get those objects out of the GC data? ;-(
Regards,
JORGE
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