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ERROR_DS_OUT_OF_VERSION_STORE
The database is out of version store.
ERROR_DS_OUT_OF_VERSION_STORE is Win32 error 8573 (0x0000217D) in Active Directory Domain Services.
Likely impact: Further writes may fail even though the database files are readable; repeated blind retries can worsen pressure.
Typical causes
- a long-running LDAP search pins old database versions.
- write volume creates versions faster than they can be reclaimed.
- backup, indexing, or maintenance holds a transaction open.
- resource pressure reduces available version-store capacity.
Troubleshooting steps
- Verify that the directory transaction can retain every required version until readers and writers complete.
- Collect NTDS database and version-store events and long-running LDAP operations and client identities.
Useful evidence
- Collect database maintenance and backup state.
- Collect memory and ESE diagnostic data.
Recovery and retry
Remove or complete the transaction that pins old versions, reduce the write burst, and allow the database to reclaim version-store entries before retrying.
Related errors
ERROR_DS_DATABASE_ERROR is a broad database failure; this code specifically identifies exhaustion of retained record versions
Example
A directory synchronization job holds a paged search open while a bulk importer changes thousands of objects. Ending the stale search lets ESE reclaim versions and the import resume.
References
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