I never reuse a DC name, even if I removed it gracefully. That may be a bit overkill, but I would strongly advise against reusing a name on a failed DC.
You can clean it out of AD, and you will need to but I still wouldn't reuse the name. I have always done a manual removal with the info in this article: http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:18 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Server OS Reinstall > > I've got a server (Server 2003 R2) that conked out on me over the > Christmas holidays. I'm not quite sure what went wrong--the hardware > seems to be okay. But there was some sort of corruption in the RAID > array and the OS gives a stop 0x00000024 every time it goes to boot. > > A fresh OS install won't be too painful, because this server was only a > DC/DHCP/DNS server. > > But my question is this... When I reinstall, should I give the server > the same name it had before? Or will that confuse Active Directory? And > if I give it a different name, how do I remove all references to the > old server name from AD? > > Just wondering what best practices are. Amazingly, I've never had to do > this before in my years as a sysadmin. Just lucky, I guess! > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > 318 North Clark Street > Perry, FL 32347 > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
