If it's hosting any roles, seize them. Then delete from AD and you're done.
> On Jan 20, 2015, at 12:46, "Jim von Stein" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I seem to have a catch-22 situation. We applied the windows updates to our > servers Sunday, and one of them rebooted with major problems. The OS network > settings appear to be seriously borked – no network connectivity and the > settings keep disappearing, particularly the default gateway. All the > diagnostics seem to point to the NIC working correctly, but it’s not talking > to the OS. It would appear something critical is corrupted. > > HP DL360p Gen 8, Windows Server 2008R2 standard, domain controller (1 of 3 – > no FSMOs). > > HP sent me a replacement NIC – no change. I’ve tried to do a repair install > of 2008R2, but haven’t managed to find the starting point for that – > complicated by the fact that there’s no optical drive on the server, so I’m > trying to boot a UBS stick. I can’t dcpromo the server to remove it from AD > without the network. > > There’s nothing critical on this server, so I could just nuke and pave, but > how much weirdness will result from not being able to demote the (now ghost) > DC? Do I need to manually remove it, and if so, how? > > Jim von Stein > Information Services Administrator > Kairos (formerly SOASTC) > 1750 SW Nebraska Ave. > Grants Pass, Oregon 97527 > (541)476-3302 ext. 3203 > [email protected] > > Kairos - The moment when change is possible > www.kairosnw.org >
