Error "The object cannot be recovered because it is in the recycled state." during online restore. The error "Directory object not found" may also occur when adding an object to be restored in the Online Restore Wizard.
When an object is deleted in a forest where Microsoft’s Active Directory Recycle Bin feature is enabled, the object goes through the following states:
Deleted. The object retains all its attributes, links, and group memberships that existed immediately before the moment of deletion. The object remains in this state for a specified configurable period of time that is called deleted object lifetime (msDS-deletedObjectLifetime). When the applicable deleted object lifetime period expires, the object is transferred to the next state - Recycled.
While an object remains in the Deleted state, you can use RMAD to undelete (reanimate) the object with all its attributes, links, and group memberships that existed immediately before the moment of deletion.
Alternatively, you can authoritatively restore the object to its backed-up state from a backup created with RMAD.
Recycled. After a deleted object is transferred to the Recycled state, most of the object’s attributes are purged (stripped away), and the object retains only those few attributes that are essential to replicate the object’s new state to other domain controllers in the forest. The object remains in the recycled state for a specified configurable period of time that is called recycled object lifetime (tombstoneLifetime).
RMAD version prior to 8.5.1 are unable to restore objects that are in the recycled state.
RMAD version 8.5.1 and later can use backups created by RMAD to restore objects in a recycled state:
Please Note: When the Active Directory Recycle Bin is enabled, all objects that were deleted before the Active Directory Recycle Bin was enabled (that is, all tombstone objects) automatically become recycled objects.
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