GCChk V01.03.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) August 2004
Usage:
GCChk -gc globalcatalog [switches]
Switches: (designated by - or /)
-t xxx Timeout value for query, default 120 seconds
-b xxx Specify a specific branch to check
-ps size Page size, default page size = 1000
Ex1:
gcchk -gc 2k3dc10
Check all domain partitions except the default of 2k3dc10
Note:
This does a fairly inefficient check of your GC partitions of a
specified GC, to fully test your forest, you must run this again
two different GCs that are DC's for different domains.
If everything is fine, you will just see a bunch of periods (.)
one for every 100 or so objects. If there is something on the GC
that it can't find on the DC it is checking for that partition
you will get an error message saying the GC DN for the object
was not found. It will then attempt to find the object on that DCs
default NC and will even search deleted items assuming the user
has permissions to see deleted objects (administrator by default)
and if the object is found, it will display it and the whenChanged
time stamp. If the object can not be found it will tell you and that
means either the object was moved from the default NC of the DC like
say a cross domain move OR the object is a lingering object in the
GC which is a bad thing.
This software is Freeware. Use it as you wish at your own risk.
If you have improvement ideas, bugs, or just wish to say Hi, I
receive email 24x7 and read it in a semi-regular timeframe.
You can usually find me at joe@joeware.net