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c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Leone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Seeing "DEL:" in replication messages As some may remember, I am setting up a clone of my domain on a private virtual switch in VMware ESX. And so far, it *seems* to be going well. I have a Win2000 parent/child domain; I was able to seize all the applicable FSMO roles, and the servers know their roles (as shown by "dcdiag /v /test:knowsofroleholders", for both parent and child domains). I have removed all other DCs references, using a script I downloaded called "MetadataCleaner.VBS" and ADSIEDIT. I followed: "How to remove data in Active Directory after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion", <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498> And that all looks good - I see no references to the other DCs, using ADSIEDIT. But when I do a "repadmin /showreps" (to make sure the 2 remaining DCs are talking and replicating OK, I get this, on the parent domain: ==== INBOUND NEIGHBORS ====================================== CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain-info WilsonPark\WDC001 DEL:31d1f718-0fd7-4ba1-9270-4fbacf9acbda (deleted DSA) via RPC objectGuid: 2b2388d7-e553-435c-b53f-a18a14474724 WDC001 (working, or child, DC #1) is one of the DCs that I did delete, from this testing version of my domain. And it does seem to know that I deleted it, from the message. And later, I do see: WilsonPark\WDC003 via RPC objectGuid: 34a3f66b-148d-4336-bc47-9cf94b7edbff Last attempt @ 2009-10-07 09:32.27 was successful. So that tells me that replication is happening to the child domain. Also, "replmon" shows only successful replications. So: should I be worried about the fact that I still see all the deleted servers in the "INBOUND NEIGHBORS" list? The "OUTBOUND NEIGHBORS" list is clean, and shows only the 1 proper DC. Or is there something more I should be doing ? Thanks ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
