Follow these steps to perform a metadata cleanup:
- Open Command Prompt (cmd.exe) with an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group, on a domain controller that is of good standing. A domain controller that hasn't experienced any replication challenges throughout its lifetime might be your best choice. Also, note that performing the following actions on the domain controller holding the Domain Naming Master FSMO Role is preferred.
- Run the following command to start the NTDS utility in interactive mode:
ntdsutil.exe
- Type the following command in interactive mode to start the metadata cleanup:
metadata cleanup
- Type the following commands to specify the current domain controller as the server on ...