Exactly how do you raise the RID pool

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Hi. I am doing a complete Auth. Restore of an entire domain, or possibly a
forest. I am interested in raising the RID pool so that old RIDS aren't
re-handed out, as per DR documentation in MS whitepapers. I find that I am
still not sure EXACTLY how to raise the RID pool using LDP. Does anyone
have instructions that are more specific than what are enclosed, below? (Step
3 and the KB article are not detailed enough - unclear). Thanks!



To raise the current RID pool

1. Using LDP.exe (also called the Active Directory Administration Tool),
connect and bind to this Domain Controller.
2. Lookup the following account:
cn=RID Manager$,cn=System,dc=<domain name>
It has an attribute RidAvailablePool. This attribute has two values: a high
value and a low value. The low value will tell you the current RID pool. To
retrieve this value, use the Large Integer Converter in the Utilities menu.
3. Use the Modify option in the Browse menu to raise this value by 100,000.
For more information, see article Q305475, “Description of RID Attributes in
Active Directory†in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
 
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