Just got a new client with a messed up situation...
Server 1 "SERVER1"= Windows 2008 running Active Directory, DNS, DHCP (although clients have static IP's).
Server 2 "SERVER2" = Windows 2008 running AD, DNS, DHCP
SERVER1 is the Master. Both are on the same subnet.
When I run repadmin /showrepl on either I get a whole whack of messages like this:
DC=domain,DC=local
Default-First-Site-Name\SERVER1 via RPC
DSA object GUID: 66b6cd8b-a7c5-4079-989f-c85c898b9604
Last attempt @ 2015-09-03 21:10:00 failed, result 8614 (0x21a6): The directory service cannot replicate with this server because the time since the last replication with this server has exceeded the tombstone lifetime. 7213 consecutive failure(s). Last success @ 2014-12-08 10:39:41
So it has been over 9 months since these two server spoke to each other.
SERVER1 is getting a bunch of Event ID 2042 and Event ID 2092. One cause could be lingering objects in ADUC, how could I verify this?
What other causes/troubleshooting steps could reestablish replication between the servers?
Turn them off and see if replication starts