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Garbage Collection Active Directory 2003
Our DC does not have a set garbage collection so the default is 60 days.... What way can I do to find out the last time garbage collection was performed? Please advise.
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Hi All, Thank you for the info. I don't want to change any settings. Just curious if there's a way to determine the last time a garbage collection was performed like in the event viewer or something....
The above command will not change any settings, it will just trigger garbage collection once manually to ensure that things are working as expected, nothing else.
You could run it once and find out the event id that triggers afterword's and then keep eye on that event id from next interval if its working properly
Mahesh
You could run it once and find out the event id that triggers afterword's and then keep eye on that event id from next interval if its working properly
Mahesh
this article explains garbage collection and white space clearing from AD database
in a nutshell, it shows how to change garbage collection logging which will cause event ID 1646 to appear in the ADDS log. by default, it will only log errors
Returning Unused Disk Space from the Active Directory Database to the File System
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759378%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
in a nutshell, it shows how to change garbage collection logging which will cause event ID 1646 to appear in the ADDS log. by default, it will only log errors
Returning Unused Disk Space from the Active Directory Database to the File System
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759378%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
Changing Garbage Collection Poll - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198793
Changing deletion time period - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555994
View deleted objects in AD - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258310
Will.