DC removal help

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Steve Gould

I made a boo boo. I forgot to remove two test BDC names from my NT domain
before I upgraded to AD. Now I have two servers listed under Domain
Controllers in Active Directory Users and Computers. Both computers no
longer exist, they were just for testing purposes. I created them, then
placed them on their own network so I could practice upgrading to Win2K and
AD. I then wiped them out.

I tried following directions for DC removal, and tried Knowledge Base
Article - 216498. I deleted the first server in ADSI from OU=Domain
Controllers. It deleted just fine. Now when I try to remove it from AD Users
and Computers I get the error "Directory Object Cannot be Found". I though
to use ntdsutil, but I haven't figured out the domain and site numbers yet.
I'm not even sure if I need to go that route. There are no entries for the
non-existent DC's in DNS.

Can anybody point me in the right direction? I have only tried to remove one
of the servers. The other is still untouched so far.

Also, are there any search tools to hunt AD for references to a computer
name?

Thanks for any help,

Steve Gould
 
Thank you Jimmy. I re-ran ntdsutil, but the servers I want to remove aren't
listed. I don't know if this is good or bad.
 
Just to so I understand what happend. You used ADSI Edit to delete the
computer object, but you still see it in ADUC?

Regards,
/Jimmy
 
Jimmy, and all else who read this. It appears I didn't wait long enough for
AD to remove the computer object. Since this post the domain controller has
removed itself from ADUC. I'm good to go now. Thanks all, especially Jimmy!

Steve
 
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