Identity with Windows Server 2016 — Question 145

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Your network contains an Active Directory forest. The forest contains a domain named contoso.com. The domain contains three domain controllers.
A domain controller named lon-dc1 fails. You are unable to repair lon-dc1.
You need to prevent the other domain controllers from attempting to replicate to lon-dc1.
Solution: From ntdsutil.exe, you perform a metadata cleanup.
Does this meet the goal?

Answer options

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Performing a metadata cleanup using ntdsutil.exe effectively removes references to the failed domain controller lon-dc1 from the Active Directory, preventing other domain controllers from attempting to replicate with it. The alternative answer 'No' is incorrect because the metadata cleanup is indeed the proper method to resolve this replication issue.