Can you say "bug"? :-P Regards,
Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 2:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 2008 DC being offline Wow.. Why did it shift downward from 2003 to 2003R2? -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 60 is the default for 2000 and 2003 R2 forests, 180 for 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 forests. Note this is the original OS version of the first DC not the current FFL. There are scenarios you'd change this but they're fairly vertical. Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2008 DC being offline I stand corrected, maybe it was 66 days. As a general rule I don't change defaults unless I have a compelling reason to do so, and I can't think of one here. -----Original Message----- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2008 DC being offline 30 days not unless you tinkered with some tombstone lifetime settings which I don't know why you would lower it... Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2008 DC being offline Past 30 days offline it will complain - at least 2003 servers do, but I think it's also related to some AD archive or backup time setting....I ran into something about 30 days when I restored a DC from a backup that was 36 days old. Minor in the scheme of things, just something to keep in mind. ...Then again, maybe that was of no help... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 2008 DC being offline Hello, A 2008 DC (lets call it Server-F) we have at another site has been offline for 6 weeks. We powered it down because the building was undergoing construction, and the building was effectively CLOSED for those 6 weeks. Construction is done and I'm ready to bring the server back online. Is there a problem with just turning Server-F on and letting it re-sync with active directory even though its been offline for 6 weeks? or... would I be better off bringing Server-F up WITHOUT a network cable connected, run dcpromo /forceremoval on it... then remove any references to the Server-F from my other DCs, and eventually re-promote server F back as a DC? Thoughts? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
