RE: [ActiveDir] Removing sites and servers from AD

[Bjelke John A Contr AFRL/VSIO]

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Mike,

            I would transfer any roles to servers in the site that will be retained, then demote all of the dc's in the sites to be excised from AD to member servers. Then remove the site links. If your email site is exchange 5.5, you should remove any mail servers that are being decomissioned from the exchange site correctly to avoid possible replication issues. Don't forget public folders! For the site you already decomissioned, you will probably have to do some meta-data cleanup to remove the server. Or, stand it back up and either move it to the main site or demote it. Hope this helps!

         John A. Bjelke 
              Unisys 
          505.853.6774
 John.Bjelke@unisys.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Newell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 12:27 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [ActiveDir] Removing sites and servers from AD

Hello,

My current setup is one domain, three sites in AD. All on their own subnet and all connected by t1's. Each site has a server in it that is a GC. The first DC and forest root server in my domain is in my location, Camarillo, and the other sites are Tustin and San Diego.

All is working well but now my company is getting rid of all the sites but Camarillo so I need to remove the Tustin and San Diego sites and servers. One of the sites, Vista, is already shut down and the server for that site is turned off and sitting in my server room here in Camarillo.

Do I just delete the servers, then the sites or is there a specific way I need to delete these sites?

I have never done this so ANY advice is appreciated. I don't want to do this incorrectly and mess up AD in my Camarillo site.

Thank you,

Mike.