Thank you very much, Brian (and you, too, Dan). The re-introduction of deleted items was something I had not considered. I will remove them from AD. I won't bother to reload them, though. They are old DG servers long past their prime.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: dcpromo 2 old W2K dc's Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:08:47 +0000 It will potentially reintroduce deleted objects back in to your AD. If this time limit has been reached you absolutely CANNOT put these boxes back on the network – as they’re W2k they need to be wiped and reloaded. Thanks,Brian [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 11:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: dcpromo 2 old W2K dc's Thanks, Brian. So, if it has been more than 60 sixty days, there would be a conflict between the W2K dc's and the W2k3 dc's? Or just no file replication?From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: dcpromo 2 old W2K dc's Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:26:42 +0000Tombstone lifetime is 60 days then so as long as you bring the boxes back online before then (e.g. before 60 days from when they were turned off) and allow them to replicate you can turn them back on. Thanks,Brian [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: dcpromo 2 old W2K dc's That's correct, Brian. Attribute has no value listed.From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: dcpromo 2 old W2K dc's Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:32:47 +0000OK. We need to inspect the tombstoneLifetime attribute on this object: CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services inside the Configuration NC. You can look at this using adsi edit. You may find that the attribute is null. Thanks,Brian [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: dcpromo 2 old W2K dc's >30 daysFrom: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: dcpromo 2 old W2K dc's Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:07:44 +0000How long is “a while” in reference to how long they’ve been offline? Thanks,Brian [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: dcpromo 2 old W2K dc's We're running two W2003 dc's but have not 'upgraded' to W2003 AD; still running on W2K. I have the 2 W2k dc's off-line right now. I want to demote both. My question is: since the W2K dc's have been off-line for a while, should I bring them on-line and then leave it be for a while so the fRS can complete or I can bring it on-line and run dc-promo right away? 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