this is probably been answered somewhere else, but I can't find any recommendations on how to start
we have a single forest with multiple domains that have replication issues all over the domain, there are child domains with only single dc that has failed replication to another child domain for years but have just recently failed replication with the parent domain dc, we have a child domain that looks to be missing for a long time to the parent domain (DNS delegation not set on the parent DC dns) that has recently been recognized after creating the correct dns delegation
Most DCs have tombstoned and I'm not sure how to start fixing the issue
I need to do lingering object removal process and I wanted to use the Lingering Object Liquidator tool but it doesn't support Windows 2003 DC which we still have, and I have no idea which DC to use as the authoritative source to use for repadmin /removelingeringobject to run with,
In a parent child DC, which DC should I use as the authoritative source if there is only 1 DC in the child domain that I'm not sure have been replicating to the parent ?
for additional info the child domain is working for it's own domain, should I use the child domain DC as source for the objects in the root partition of the child domain ?
should I start removing lingering objects from child domain partition first then continue on to parent domain partition ? or is it the other way around ?