Can I also have the info pls :)
Thank you and have a splendid day! Kind Regards, Freddy Hartono Group Support Engineer InternationalSOS Pte Ltd mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (+65) 6330-9785 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grillenmeier, Guido Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 4:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Failed DC you could still use another "workaround" method to boot the server into normal mode without starting AD and then remove AD. But since it's no longer the preferred method and PSS stopped handing out the information on how to achieve this (now that you have support to forcedemote a DC ... when it's running), I'll send you the infos offline. /Guido -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Rochford Sent: Freitag, 16. Dezember 2005 09:47 To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] Failed DC Had a problem with a DC (2K3; SP1) earlier this week which wouldn't boot - came up with an error message about AD being unable to start and suggesting restart in directory services restore mode. This DC doesn't desperately matter; it holds no FSMO roles; there's no data on it so I can live without it for a while so I've been trying to fix it and failing miserably! My initial idea was to just run dcpromo to remove AD and then put it back cleanly but I can't do this in DS restore mode - I get an error that I'm running in safe mode and can't use DCPromo. I found a KB article about using ntdsutil and esentutl to perform a lossy repair of the database; I disconnected the server from the main network (didn't want any losses propagating!) and tried repairing but this also failed to give me a working server. I tried doing a repair install - I hoped that that would take me back to a server without AD but it doesn't - it leaves AD installed and not functioning. I've now used ntdsutil on a working DC to remove all traces of this (so that I don't get error messages about replication with a dead server) I can just format the disc and start again but I'm in a stubborn mood :-) Is there any way I can remove AD from a server like this? (one last thing - I don't have a good system state backup for this machine otherwise I'd have used that...) Steve List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
