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"" wrote:
> Thanks for the provided options!
> I'm not shure how long the machine has been off-line, but an
> employee
> told me it shurely was less then 60 days.
>
> So I turned on the machine and placed it back into the
> network.
> Everyting seems to work fine, but is there an way to check out
> is the
> replication is up and running again?
>
>
> >Well you have several options...
> >
> >* If you PDC was running OK before the crash and when it
> crashed you
> >only replaced the system board and the PDC has not been
> offline for
> >more than the tombstone lifetime (default = 60 days)... just
> turn it
> >on!
> >
> >* if it the AD installation on the PDC is corrupt and is bad
> but the
> >server is still bootable, boot it into Directory services
> restore mode
> >and do a non-authoritative restore of the system disk and the
> system
> >state and after that reboot the server ONLY if you have a
> valid backup
> >for the PDC that is not older than the tombstone
> lifetime(default = 60
> >days)!
> >
> >* If you have no backup, the system wil not boot or whatever.
> do a
> >metadata cleanup of the PDC on the BDC
> >(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=216498 or/and
> >http://www.petri.co.il/fix_unsuccessful_demotion.htm) and reinstall
> >the PDC from scratch
> >
> >As I can see right now and if you do not have anything that
> is worth
> >restoring on the PDC do option 3 (metadata cleanup and
> rebuilding)
> >
> >by the way there are no more PDCs and BDCs in AD. All DCs are
> equal
> >besides the fact that some may have additional roles like the
> GC or
> >the FSMOs.
Check the event logs for errors and you could use REPLMON and/or
REPADMIN to check replication
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