Great to hear that worked..... Will
-----Original Message----- From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 7:19 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Removing a DC from AD (Final) RE: Removing a DC from AD (Final)Will, That seems to have worked! Thanks! So, it seems that the steps you have to take are as follows: 1) Follow steps in Q216498 to manually remove the NTDS Settings object. 2) Cleanup DNS to remove all references to the server. 3) Remove the SYSVOL share from ADUC - System - File Replication Service - Domain System Volume (SYSVOL Share) 4) Use ADSIEdit to remove the computer account from Users and Computers. 5) Manually run the KCC to rebuild the replication topology. Thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions, Paul Markette NT Systems Administrator Epicentric, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-995-7228 -----Original Message----- From: Will Pawlikowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 8:55 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Removing a DC from AD Just a thought.... Have your Tried to Manually Run the KCC and Rebuild the Replication Topology. Go into the Ad Sites and services..Servers..NTDS Settings..right click..All Tasks....Check replication topology. The KCC should exclude the server if it finds its NTDS settings are not available it it and is has been 2hrs since the last successful replication. Will -----Original Message----- From: Paul Markette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:47 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Removing a DC from AD Thanks for the suggestion Will, but I have already cleaned all the references from Sites and Services. The only places I find these rogue objects are the dc objects in Users and Computers, and in Directory Services Events on the other domain controllers. The events begin "No nTDSConnection object exist for inbound replication from server CN="NTDS Settings ..."" So, the server is gone, but somewhere there is some remnant of the connection object, which I believe is what is preventing me from deleting the DC object from ADUC. Aaaargh! Paul Markette NT Systems Administrator Epicentric, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (415) 995-7228 -----Original Message----- From: Will Pawlikowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 12:34 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Removing a DC from AD Have you tried removing this server as a replication partner with other servers. Go tin AD Sites and Services, Default-First-Site-Name, Servers, Server NTDS Settings and the right click to get the properties of the Replication and remove this server as a Replication partner from all servers in the Domain. Hope this helps.. Will -----Original Message----- From: Paul Markette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 12:31 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Removing a DC from AD Hello All, I thought it would be a really smart move to DCPromo a server, then put it on a physically separate network so that I can have a copy of the production directory for testing. The problem is, since I didn't demote the server before physically moving it, I can't get it out of AD. I followed Q216498, which describes "How to remove data in the active directory after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion", but I can't find anything about how to forcibly demote the DC object. I used NTDSUTIL to remove the NTDS Settings object, deleted the server object in Sites and Services and cleaned up DNS, but I still cannot delete the DC object in Users and Computers. I get the error "The DSA object cannot be deleted." The only article I can find on Micro$oft's site re: this message is Q216364, which covers the issue where you cannot delete the DC object from Sites and Services, which doesn't apply to me. The problem is that this is affecting replication. The other DC's are trying to replicate with the ghost DC and failing. Does anyone have any info on how to completely remove a DC from AD? I would greatly appreciate any resources that you could point me to. Thank you, Paul Markette NT Systems Administrator Epicentric, Inc. 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