Tag: NTDSUTIL

windowsServer2008R2

Metadata Cleanup Using NTDSUTIL in Windows Server 2008 R2

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In the previous Active Directory article, we have seized an Operations Master Roles from the Offline Domain Controller to the New Domain Controller. After this, we have to clean out the offline domain controller data from the new domain controller. This process of removing data in AD DS is known as Metadata Cleanup. NTDSUTIL is used to clean up domain […]

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Seizing An Operations Master with NTDSUTIL in Windows Server 2008 R2

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In real network, when operations master server fails due to hardware issues or some other problems, we need to move the operation master role to another domain controller as soon as possible. This move process is called seizing. Therefore, Seizing an operations master role means forcing an operations master role onto another domain controller. Before we seize operations master roles, […]

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