Mohammed,
From what you have posted you I would advise the following:
Verify what server holds the PDC and RID master roles. The
best way to do this is through Active Directory Users and Computers, right
mouse click the domain and choose operations masters.
If the server you are trying to demote holds these roles
then transfer the roles to an alternate DC through Active Directory Users and
Computers.
Leave the DC online for a while to allow things to stew.
Re-try the dcpromo
Should the DC you are trying to demote not hold any of the 5
FSMO roles you could take it offline and do a metadata cleanup Q216498.
If the server DC is "cactus" and it did hold
some of the roles you may need to look at Q255504. From there you would have to
do a metadata cleanup Q216498.
Hope this helps.
James
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Sent: Tuesday, 18 May 2004 5:26 PM
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Subject: [ActiveDir] Unable to
demote Additional DC
Hello
Folks,
I am
trying to demote an Additional Domain Controller and when I do that thru
DCPRMO, I get this error;
The operation failed because:
The Directory Service was unable to transfer the domain wide
FSMO roles (PDC and
Rid master) to another Domain Controller in this
domain. A possible cause may
that no other servers are on line to receive the FSMO, or the
Directory Service
has a record of a server that no longer exists.
"The DSA object could not be found. "
All
the servers are online and from this machine, I can ping to the PDC Emulator
too. How do I resolve this issue?? Can any one point to some KB articles for
explanation?
Regards,
Mohammed
Athif Khaleel
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