LOL, I've no idea what caused that, there I was typing away and ... off it went to my Sent Items ... c'est la vie. I posted the "back on my feet" copy within a minute or so or the original but as is often the case, I find some posts come through quickly while others take the scenic route (wherever the heck that is).
-- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Adner Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 10:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] repadmin info oddity Oh no, Dean's fallen and can't get up! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 9:17 PM > To: Send - AD mailing list > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] repadmin info oddity > > These are DSA invocation IDs (which are maintained for the directory's > lifetime) within the up-to-dateness vector table, the stale > (irresolvable) entries are normal (assuming they truly represent > demoted or forcibly removed DCs) and are typically of no concern. The > "retired" notation refers to DCs whose invocation ID has changed due > to a restore operation or the removal and > > -- > Dean Wells > MSEtechnology > * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://msetechnology.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SCOTT KLASSEN > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 9:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] repadmin info oddity > > I try to keep up on new or updated MS KB articles and often > check to see how they correlate with my environment. I > noticed that 875495, dealing with USN rollbacks, was updated > earlier this month. As I've experienced two AD issues, both > of which needed PSS involvement (one dealing with sysvol > inconsistency and the other which wound up being the RID > master going on temporary strike) I figured that I'd do a > quick check as described in the article. On the good side, > the USN's are consistent between controllers. > On the disconcerting side, I got a little more information > than I was expecting. Besides my DC's, I also got USN > listings for several GUIDs. I assume these are leftovers > from DC demotions and only remain in the form of historical > data. Do I need to worry about these (especially the DC1 > (retired) listing) and is there a way I can resolve the GUIDs > to names, find where this info is hiding, and clear them out? > > Thanks, > > Scott Klassen > > >repadmin /showutdvec dc1 dc=domain,dc=com Caching GUIDs. > .. > Default-First-Site-Name\DC2 @ USN 455091 @ Time > 2006-02-20 20:08:20 > 2c92760e-e8fc-4418-947e-3b1016ab8514 @ USN 1012381 @ Time > 2005-08-04 > 00:02:34 > 6e129965-56c3-469e-b70a-f1fdfb8bb2cc @ USN 969931 @ Time > 2004-07-24 > 11:53:16 > Default-First-Site-Name\DC1 @ USN 1717571 @ Time > 2006-02-20 20:10:50 > Default-First-Site-Name\DC1 (retired) @ USN 1298674 @ Time > 2005-08-05 > 06:36:16 > e2199f22-f1dd-4d1c-90a6-0e8bb874f355 @ USN 744173 @ Time > 2004-12-28 > 20:52:04 > ff0d7d50-214f-4bc1-96b6-55ac6ef317f0 @ USN 852323 @ Time > 2005-06-08 > 14:29:20 > > > 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/
