June 2017
Beginner to intermediate
742 pages
18h 29m
English
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Lingering objects
Let's assume a domain controller has been disconnected from the AD environment and stayed offline for more that the value specified as the tombstone lifetime attribute. Then it was again reconnected to the replication topology. The objects that were deleted from AD during the time that particular domain controller stayed offline, will remain as lingering objects in it.
When the object was deleted using one domain controller, it was replicated to other domain controllers as a tombstone object. It contains a few attribute values but it cannot be used for active operations. It remains in the domain controllers until it reaches the time specified by the tombstone lifetime value. Then the tombstone object will be permanently ...