Couple questions: 1) I assume there are multiple domain controllers? Do they all report this same error or is it just one DC?
2) What object is an error being reported on? Depending on the object type you may have different options for dealing with it DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: in-depth AD Failed with an error (1206 I believe) stating the database is corrupt. Let me clarify: I, and Microsoft, have run every possible switch or command available via ntdsutil and esentutl. Each one failed with an error stating corruption. Wanting to try and edit the file manually is not a whim or a wild idea but a last-ditch effort unless someone has a better idea. Daniel Chenault dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com<mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com> [Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CCF24C.F9B05160] From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]<mailto:[mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: in-depth AD Have you done a defrag of the ntds.dit? From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com]<mailto:[mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: in-depth AD Oh yes, it's up and running. Basic AD functionality is there; I can create users, assign permissions and other simple stuff. No replication is happening and it's to the point that I cannot open the EMC. Daniel Chenault dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com<mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com> [Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CCF24C.F9B05160] From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]<mailto:[mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: in-depth AD Does the machine boot? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com]<mailto:[mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: in-depth AD It's a long story, aren't they all, but the root of my issue is this: I am getting Event ID 447 for Database Corruption on ntds.dit. Microsoft is telling me to do an authoritative restore. Problem is this problem goes back to January; it is highly doubtful I can locate a backup pre-dating that time frame. I inherited this mess and am just trying to fix it. This corruption is causing several different problems (naturally). What I want to know from the collective list wisdom and knowledge is... is it possible to use a tool, such as adsiedit, to locate a specific object (it is called out specifically in the aforementioned event) and edit/massage/delete/assassinate the object? 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