Larry- Just follow the steps and remove the two DCs that were offsite. Wait for replication internally and delete the site/subnet. All done.
I suggest you reset all passwords for sensitive accounts or even better expire every password in the domain. Your client can obtain these if they're industrious and it sounds like you left on a bad note. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Wahlers > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] There must be an easier way... > > Hello, colleagues, > > A client that we had set up as a site within our domain with its own > pair of DC's has decided to break off from us, get their own ISP, and > cut the network cable between us. In fact, they've done that last > weekend. Now, the Directory Service event log on one of our DC's is > spewing out 21 warning and error messages every 15 minutes, all related > to the fact that there are no available DC's in that site. > > Doing a Google search, I found this article > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=216498 which describes at least 20 > steps that must be taken to remove a DC following an unsuccessful DC > demotion. Which, I suppose, is what I would have done had I had the > opportunity to demote the DC's before this client cut the line. The > article also has this warning: > > "Caution The administrator must also make sure that replication has > occurred since the demotion before manually removing the NTDS Settings > object for any server. Using the Ntdsutil utility incorrectly may result > in partial or complete loss of Active Directory functionality." > > Being a relative newbie to Active Directory management (but, just > emerging from a pair of classes), I have to ask if there is an easier > way to do this? We have about 800 users and 4 corporations on this wire, > and they might get a bit testy if their computers stopped working all of > a sudden! > > -- > Larry Wahlers > Concordia Technologies > The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > direct office line: (314) 996-1876 > 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/
