After you fix the domain controller problem what do you see?
You should not remove the item manually at this point because you seem to have a problem with that domain controller. Check the logs and correct what you see. If that doesn't help, then have a look at dcdiag /v output. Repadmin should also be helpful in diagnosing the problem, but I suspect you'll want to rebuild that DC.
How long have you been having replication issues in the forest? Longer than a few days right?
How big is the forest? How many dc's and how many locations?
On 9/22/06, WATSON, BEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Our forest is currently experiencing some replication issues. The
common error we have been receiving has revolved around a single object.
To summarize, how do you permanently delete Active Directory objects?
More specifically, how do you remove an object that is already
tombstoned? Here is why I need to do this, here is the full error...
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Replication error: The directory replication agent (DRA) couldn't update
object CN=InfowebAccess,OU=InfowebGroups,DC=appsig,DC=com (GUID
e9888888-616b-4944-bbe1-c8265cf4cc89) on this system with changes which
have been received from source server
e928ad23-039d-4dbd-b214-f88b4ae54819._msdcs.appsig.com. An error
occurred during the application of the changes to the directory database
on this system.
The error message is:
The replication system encountered an internal error.
The directory will try to update the object later on the next
replication cycle. Synchronization of this server with the source is
effectively blocked until the update problem is corrected.
If this condition appears to be related to a resource shortage, please
stop and restart this Windows Domain Controller.
If this condition is an internal error, a database error, or an object
relationship or constraint error, manual intervention will be required
to correct the database and allow the update to proceed. It is valuable
to note that the problem is caused by the fact that the change on the
remote system cannot be applied locally. Manually updating the objects
on the local system in not recommended. Instead, on the source system
(which has the changes already), try to reverse or back out the change.
Then, on the next replication cycle, observe whether the change can now
be applied locally.
The record data is the status code.
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After I deleted this object, I continue to get the same error, except it
now references the deleted (tombstoned) object as a roadblock.
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Replication error: The directory replication agent (DRA) couldn't update
object CN="InfowebAccess
DEL:e9888888-616b-4944-bbe1-c8265cf4cc89",CN=Deleted
Objects,DC=appsig,DC=com (GUID e9888888-616b-4944-bbe1-c8265cf4cc89)
etc... (same as error above)
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What would be the proper method to permanently remove a tombstoned
object? If I'm following the error messages, then removing the object
permanently should (hopefully) resolve the issues.
Thanks,
~Ben
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