#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : Lingering objects and replication event 1988 Fix : Identify and remove the lingering objects Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/srv-id-lingering Run as : Elevated PowerShell Expect : 90 minutes Risk : high Reversible : NO -- read the undo note below before running WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX The controller is otherwise healthy and you want to keep it. HOW TO UNDO IT Removed objects are gone. Restore from a system state backup if the wrong objects were removed. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # from the write-up. PowerShell prompts for this # by name if you do not pass it on the command line. [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$sourceDCGUID, # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 6" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' Lingering objects and replication event 1988' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Identify and remove the lingering objects' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: high NOT REVERSIBLE 90 minutes' -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'Undo: Removed objects are gone. Restore from a system state backup if the wrong objects were removed.' 'Yellow' Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' 'DarkYellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'Find the tombstone lifetime for this forest -- it governs everything below.' -Command { Get-ADObject -Identity "CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services,$((Get-ADRootDSE).configurationNamingContext)" -Properties tombstoneLifetime | Format-List tombstoneLifetime } Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Check the replication state to see which partners are blocked.' -Command { repadmin /replsummary repadmin /showrepl * /csv | ConvertFrom-Csv | Where-Object 'Number of Failures' -gt 0 | Format-Table } Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'List the lingering objects without removing anything -- the /advisory_mode flag is what makes this safe.' -Why 'Advisory mode writes event 1946 for every object it would remove, into the Directory Service log. Read that list before running it for real -- this is a deletion and it is not reversible.' -Command { repadmin /removelingeringobjects DC02 $sourceDCGUID dc=example,dc=local /advisory_mode } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Read the resulting events to see exactly what would go.' -Command { Get-WinEvent -LogName 'Directory Service' -MaxEvents 200 | Where-Object Id -in 1938,1942,1946 | Format-List TimeCreated,Id,Message } Invoke-Step -Number 5 -Do 'Remove them once the list is understood.' -Command { repadmin /removelingeringobjects DC02 $sourceDCGUID dc=example,dc=local } Invoke-Step -Number 6 -Do 'Re-enable strict replication consistency so this cannot recur silently.' -Command { repadmin /regkey * +strict repadmin /replsummary } Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'Replication resumes with no failures and no further 1988 events.' 'White' Write-Host '' if (-not $DryRun) { repadmin /replsummary; repadmin /showrepl DC02 } Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/srv-id-lingering' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: Removed objects are gone. Restore from a system state backup if the wrong objects were removed.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule