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Removing DC member server from AD
Name: PeteKokkinis Date: October 8, 2002 at 19:32:17 Pacific OS: win2k adv server CPU/Ram: p4/1024
Comment:
I had a member server on my network that served as a DC for redundency reasons. It caught fire and was destroyed. Say I want to remove it alltogether from my AD, what would be the best way of doing so?
Name: Curt R Date: October 8, 2002 at 23:43:40 Pacific
Reply:
Open AD Users and Computers and then go into the Domain Controllers OU and delete it.
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Response Number 2
Name: Glen Date: October 9, 2002 at 05:40:10 Pacific
Reply:
Curt, I don't think it will allow you to do that. Once it is a domain controller it will want to be demoted in order to be removed from AD. If the machine 'catches fire' then it obviously won't be able to be demoted gracefully and will need to be manually removed from AD using ntdsutil.
Pete, look for instructions here on the step by step procedure.
Name: Curt R Date: October 9, 2002 at 05:56:51 Pacific
Reply:
LOL....it was 1 am and I was getting tired....I completely forgot that in the case of not being able to demote first, you could use the ntdsutil to remove a defunct DC from AD.
I'm glad you pointed that out, I hate the thought of stearing someone wrong, thanks Glen!
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Response Number 4
Name: Glen Date: October 9, 2002 at 07:47:17 Pacific
Reply:
Not a problem. I knew you knew better. Now go get some sleep.
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