That's the course that I'd take, William. One needs to be authoriatative, and thinks that the other is grossly out of tune with reality. In a sense, both are right. It just takes one of them to have a domain, and the other can be whacked, clean up the residual elements and objects, and rebuild it. Join it back as a new DC to the existing domain, and life should be just fine again.
Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT, CISSP Microsoft MVP: Windows Server / Directory Services Windows Server / Rights Management Windows Security (Affiliate) Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone WebLog - www.msmvps.com/willhack4food -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Lefkovics Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 3:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Tombstone Lifetime and DC Replication I think this normally comes up when an old backup is restored, but... I have a pair of lab DCs on Windows 2003 that have been turned off for longer than the tombstone lifetime of 60 days. In firing them up, they will no longer speak to one another like each thinks the other has cooties. This is by design, of course. I was going to force the removal of the one without the FSMO roles with DCPromo and then rejoin. Is that the simplest course of action? Thanks in advance. William List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
