Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I tried googleing this and didn't find a definitive answer.
If I suspect a DC may be tombstoned how can I definitively check for that?
From what I have read it seems as long as I can replicate to the DC with repadmin or sites and services successfully the DC is not tombstoned- is this correct?
From what I have read on the internet the only definitive way to know a domain controller is tombstoned is to receive the "The Active Directory cannot replicate with this server because the time since the last replication with this server has exceeded the tombstone lifetime." message when forcing replication.
So my next question is what actually happens when a domain controller is tombstoned?
Do other DCs mark a DC as tombstoned?
Do other DCs eventually delete the tombstoned DC's computer account?
Is there some attribute set on the tombstoned DC's computer account?
Thanks for any responses.