How to remove physically disconnected DC from Active Directory

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Dear .......

I had 2 domain controllers in my Active directory. The 2nd DC was physically
disconnected without removing it from AD.

Now, 1st DC is still running having AD.

How I can remove the 2nd DC (physically disconnected and not available) from
Active Directory.

Thanks,

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Muhammad Zubair
Network Administrator/Webmaster
National Textile University
Faisalabad, (37610) Pakistan
Phone 092-303-6706378
 
On the no-longer-on-the-network DC run the following command:

dcpromo /forceremoval


Then, on the other DC, follow these instructions to clean up the bit's and
pieces left behind by the long-gone DC:
-- http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498


There are several points to take into consideration when doing a
/forceremoval:

-- Not all services are set back to manual, e.g. Ntfrs
-- The SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares still exist and will need to be removed.
-- The Dir Svc, DNS, and Ntfrs event logs are never going to leave (if
someone knows how to get rid of these, please do tell <g>)
-- There'll still be references to the originally hosted domain in DNS if
you re-setup DNS. You'll have to search the registry for the old domain
name and remove these entries.

There's probably more, but I can't think of them off the top of my head
right now.

Hope this helps,


--

Paul Williams

http://www.msresource.net
http://forums.msresource.net
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Dear .......

I had 2 domain controllers in my Active directory. The 2nd DC was physically
disconnected without removing it from AD.

Now, 1st DC is still running having AD.

How I can remove the 2nd DC (physically disconnected and not available) from
Active Directory.

Thanks,

--
Muhammad Zubair
Network Administrator/Webmaster
National Textile University
Faisalabad, (37610) Pakistan
Phone 092-303-6706378
 
Dear ptwilliams

the 2nd DC was physically disconnected and not available now. I have only
single (1st) DC now. and I want to remove the 2nd DC's entries present in
1st DC. (All I have now is 1st DC).

Now if you have any to-the-point sugession, Please let me know...

Thanks again,

Muhammad Zubair
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See tip 5385 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Dear ptwilliams

the 2nd DC was physically disconnected and not available now. I have only
single (1st) DC now. and I want to remove the 2nd DC's entries present in
1st DC. (All I have now is 1st DC).

Now if you have any to-the-point sugession, Please let me know...

Thanks again,

Muhammad Zubair
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Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
See tip 5385 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Dear ptwilliams

the 2nd DC was physically disconnected and not available now. I have only
single (1st) DC now. and I want to remove the 2nd DC's entries present in
1st DC. (All I have now is 1st DC).

Now if you have any to-the-point sugession, Please let me know...

Thanks again,

Muhammad Zubair
===============================================
Click to expand...


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
Now if you have any to-the-point sugession, Please let me know...

Well yes I did have a 'to-the-point' suggestion, actually...
Then, on the other DC, follow these instructions to clean up the bit's and
pieces left behind by the long-gone DC:
-- http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498
Click to expand...


That's saying run the metadata cleanup to remove all traces of the now-dead
DC from your AD. Which, if I'm not mistaken, is what you were asking; is it
not?? <grin>


I only mentioned the /forceremoval switch bit because I read that the DC was
disconnected - not that it had died.


--

Paul Williams

http://www.msresource.net
http://forums.msresource.net
______________________________________
Dear ptwilliams

the 2nd DC was physically disconnected and not available now. I have only
single (1st) DC now. and I want to remove the 2nd DC's entries present in
1st DC. (All I have now is 1st DC).

Now if you have any to-the-point sugession, Please let me know...

Thanks again,

Muhammad Zubair
===============================================
 
Dear ptwilliams

The 2nd DC was disconnected and dead. Only I have the 1st DC remaining.

The 1st DC is not creating user accounts now. It says that "Active Directory
has exhausted RID pool"

How can i create new user accounts ?????

Please help me.

Thanx again for all ur responses ....

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If the DC has run out of RIDs then it is not able to contact the RID master
OM role holder -which, was probably the dead DC.

You'll need to seize the OM roles from the dead DC to the new one. You do
this using ntdsutil. Here's and MS KB that walks you through this:
-- http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255504


You need to *seize* in this instance; not transfer.

--

Paul Williams

http://www.msresource.net
http://forums.msresource.net
______________________________________
Dear ptwilliams

The 2nd DC was disconnected and dead. Only I have the 1st DC remaining.

The 1st DC is not creating user accounts now. It says that "Active Directory
has exhausted RID pool"

How can i create new user accounts ?????

Please help me.

Thanx again for all ur responses ....

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