Sweet.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernard, Aric
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 5:53 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Is there a way to automate offline defrag on the AD
See Q243267 for automating NTDSUTIL. As for rebooting into restore mode see
Q239780. Using the information in both of these articles you should be able
to do the following:
1. Create a batch command that
a. Modifies boot.ini appropriately
b. Places a second batch (see below) command into the Run/Run
Once/Start Up (or whatever you need to get something kicked of in
restore mode)
c. Reboots the system
2. Use the AT command or other scheduling service to schedule the batch 3.
Create a second batch that
a. Initiates an automated NTDSUTIL run to defrag the DIT
b. Modifies the boot.ini file.
c. Reboots the system
Regards,
Aric Bernard
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:09 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Is there a way to automate offline defrag on the AD
So in fairness, let's answer the question. I don't know of any way to
automate this since it uses directory services restore (I've heard there's a
way to boot to recovery mode, but never had occasion to do so
automatically)
and ntdsutil, I can think of no way to do this in a scripted or otherwise
automated way with Windows 2000.
You'll likely want to do these one at a time and make sure they come back on
time anyway, so a manual effort this time to see if it clears your error may
not be a bad idea.
I don't want to interfere with the support case, but I would think if you're
trying to solve an issue you would want to approach this scientifically and
only defrag a test case to find out the results before spending the time,
effort and risk to go the rest of the way. What would be the point if it
doesn't solve the issue?
One other thing: since Microsoft is recommending this, if you haven't
checked already, it might be a good idea to check with your support rep to
see if there is a way to automate if that's the recommended way to fix your
environment. With 100 servers, you're not likely to be able to do this
manually very often.
HTH,
-ajm
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carr, Jonathan
(OFT)
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:35 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Is there a way to automate offline defrag on the AD
Only the 6 dc's in the same "site". We have 100+ dc's over all
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Rutherford
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:56 AM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Is there a way to automate offline defrag on the AD
Just curious...
How many other DC's do you have?
Are you saying the other DC's aren't having the same issue?
Just curious why MS would recommend you defrag the AD.
BR
Rob
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carr, Jonathan
(OFT)
Sent: 15 September 2004 14:48
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Is there a way to automate offline defrag on the AD
We are troubleshoot an issue with MS and they suggested we do this.
It appears that at a certain time during the day (give or take 30 min.) our
core DC's (4 servers) go nuts. These servers are not the core bridgeheads.
LSASS uses every piece of memory it can get for about 2 hrs. The dc runs
out of memory and LSASS starts paging memory. Then it goes away.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Murray
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Is there a way to automate offline defrag on the AD
I'd be interested to know why you might want to do this. I would expect an
offline defrag to be required only in exceptional circumstances, e.g.
to reclaim space following a demerger in which many objects have . It's not
something you need to perform regularly as the NTDS.DIT is maintained
automatically using built-in utilities anyway.
Tony
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From: "Carr, Jonathan \(OFT\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:06:30 -0400
Is there a way to automate offline defrag on the AD. It is a real pain
to do the MS article way of defragging the NTDS.DIT. Does anybody know
of a batch, vbs or utility that does offline defrag of the AD ?????
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