How to Perform Metadata Cleanup

There are situations when you have to perform Metadata cleanup in Active Directory. Typical examples when you have to perform Metadata cleanup are:

• Delete an extinct Domain Controller metadata
• There are no domain controllers currently available in the parent domain when you try to demote the last domain controller in an immediate child domain.
• Failed DCPROMO – Active Directory Installation Wizard can not complete because there is a name resolution, authentication,replication engine, or Active Directory object dependency.
• Exceeded Default Tombstone Lifetime (60 days) – a domain controller has not replicated incoming Active Directory changes in Tombstone Lifetime.
• Demote and promote back a Domain Controller

In this Step-by-Step Screencast, we will demonstrate how to perform metadata cleanup. We will walk you trough the necessary changes in Active Directory, DNS server configuration and Sites-and Services Snap-in.

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Dean