Offline defragmentation of active directory database
On CCNA.education.in open command prompt as administrator. Stop the active directory domain services by running net stop ntds command.
C:\>net stop ntds
Type y to confirm
When the active directory domain service finish shutting down enter the ntdsutil command.
C:\>ntdsutil
Ntdsutil: activate instance ntds
Ntdsutil: files
File maintenance: info
File maintenance: compact 2 c:\temp
File maintenance: integrity
After The defragmentation is completed start the active directory domain services service.
C:\>net start ntds
Creating active directory snapshot
Open CCNA.education.in open command prompt with administrator privileges. Type the following command to create active directory snapshot.
C:\>ntdsutil
Snapshot: activate instance ntds
Snapshot: create
Snapshot: quit
Ntdsutil: quit
Mounting active directory snapshot
In order to view the object of the snapshot you should Mount the active directory snapshot. Type the following command to Mount active directory snapshot.
C:\>ntdsutil
Ntdsutil: snapshot
Snapshot: activate instance ntds
Snapshot: list all
Snapshot: mount (copy and paste above code)
Snapshot: quit
Ntdsutil: quit
Now using dsamain told to assign ldap port active directory snapshot.
C:\>dsamain /dbpath c:$201707200227_VOLUMEC$\Windows\NTDS\ntds.dit/ ldapport 5000
After mounting the snapshot you can use tools to connect to and explore the snapshot. active directory users and computers is one of the tools that you can use to connect to the instance.
Now open active directory users and computers right-click education.in in and select change domain controller
In change directory server type CCNA: 5000 then click ok
Unmounting and AD DS snapshot
To unmount the active directory snapshot perform the following procedure
C:\>ntdsutil
Ntdsutil: snapshot
Snapshot: activate instance ntds
Snapshot: list all
Snapshot: unmount (copy and paste above code)
Snapshot: quit
Ntdsutil: quit
Recover deleted object from tomb stone
From account OU, incidentally an object name a1 is deleted.
To recover deleted object you can use ldap tool
Topan edp.exe lekin start and in the start search textbox type ldp and press control shift
Open the ldp.exe administrator..rdp console click connection then click on connect
Inconnect type in the domain controller IP address and press ok
In ldp console click connection play icon bind
In bind select bind as currently logged on user and click on ok
In ldp play options and click on controls
In controls select return deleted object on the load predefined and click on ok
Ldp console click on view then click on tree
In tree view click on ok
Ine ldp console expand DC is equal to do CCNA DC is equal to com expand CN is equal to deleted objects DC is equal to CCNA DC is equal to come right click deleted user listed in deleted objects and click on modify
Now the modify dialogue box appear on the screen in edit entry attribute type is deleted and Nanda operation select delete and press enter
In edit entry attribute enter the distinguish name and in values sections type the original distinguish name also known as DN this active directory object. In our case CN is equal to a1 OU is equal to account DC is equal to CCNA this is equal to com. Under operation select replace and after that press enter
In modify check the extended box and click run
In modify click close and also close the ldp console
After the deleted user is recover reset the password from Active Directory Users and Computers.
After resetting the password enable the user account
