You could try an offline defrag first. If the corruption is in an index then this would correct the problem without a rebuild of the server. If the offline defrag fails then I would blow it away and rebuild.
Thanks, -Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 6:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: RE: [ActiveDir] Corrupted NTDS.dit I would say blow it away and re-promo it. joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 6:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: RE: [ActiveDir] Corrupted NTDS.dit I'm getting this error running replmon: Domain Controller Name: DCHIG1 Directory Partition: DC=co,DC=slo,DC=ca,DC=us Replication Partner: DSSPR\DCPR Failure Code: 1127 Failure Reason: While accessing the hard disk, a disk operation failed even after retries. ....And I'm getting this in the application section of the event viewer.... Event ID 474 Source: ESENT lsass (1184) The database page read from the file "X:\WINDOWS\NTDS\ntds.dit" at offset 22216704 (0x0000000001530000) for 8192 (0x00002000) bytes failed verification due to a page checksum mismatch. The expected checksum was 730343452 (0x2b88281c) and the actual checksum was 3032224511 (0xb4bc12ff). The read operation will fail with error -1018 (0xfffffc06). If this condition persists then please restore the database from a previous backup. This problem is likely due to faulty hardware. Please contact your hardware vendor for further assistance diagnosing the problem. I had IBM come in and swap out the BackPlane and a hard drive, so I'm fairly sure it's not hardware based. And my objects are being replicated from this DC. I'm just not sure what's not working so I want to just rebuild the NTDS.dit Thanks. Kevin > > From: "Almeida Pinto, Jorge de" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/30 Thu PM 03:59:22 EDT > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Corrupted NTDS.dit > > why do you say "it partially replicates"? what errors (event ids and sources) are being logged in the event viewer? > > #JORGE# > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thu 6/30/2005 6:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Corrupted NTDS.dit > > > > Hi, > I have a corrupt NTDS.dit file with no backup, although the > windows 2003 DC starts up fine and partially replicates to my other 4 > DC's. Can someone tell me the best steps to restore this file. This > particular DC is also the FSMO holder. I was considering transferring > the role temporarily, demoting and then promoting this DC and having > DCPROMO rewrite the NTDS.dit. Is this suicide? Thanks in advance > > Kevin Atnip > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
