Replace deleted DC

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I had one of my DC's crash on me but I was able to recover it and get it
going again. The bad thing is that I have already removed it from the Active
Directory with the ntdsutil utility. How can I bring this DC back up in the
AD without having to reload the OS?

Thanks,
Marty
 
Unfortunately, The best solution according to time here is to re-build the
os and promote the DC back-again.

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Christoffer Andersson
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How about this approach?

I brought the server home and put it in a swich with another 2000 test
server. I made the test server part of the domain of the original server and
promoted it to DC. I used the NTDSUTIL to delete all of the other DC
machines out of the AD except for these two. I then seized all roles to the
test server and then demoted the original server. I then removed it from the
domain and made it part of just a workgroup.

Now I will take it back to the office and join it to its old domain.

Will this work?
 
Huh?!?!

What's wrong with dcpromo /forceremoval

Once you run /forceremoval, you can then reboot, and run dcpromo to make the
box a DC again.


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How about this approach?

I brought the server home and put it in a swich with another 2000 test
server. I made the test server part of the domain of the original server
and
promoted it to DC. I used the NTDSUTIL to delete all of the other DC
machines out of the AD except for these two. I then seized all roles to the
test server and then demoted the original server. I then removed it from
the
domain and made it part of just a workgroup.

Now I will take it back to the office and join it to its old domain.

Will this work?
 
I didn't figure i would get the box to fire back up so I went ahead and
removed it from the domain. Then I realized i could get it going without
reloading it so I had to do something. Would this not do the same thing?
 
dcpromo/forceremoval will uninstall the AD bits on the box and allow you to promote it back up without having to reload the OS.

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Tony Eversole MCSE, MCSA, Net+, A+
I didn't figure i would get the box to fire back up so I went ahead and
removed it from the domain. Then I realized i could get it going without
reloading it so I had to do something. Would this not do the same thing?
 
So what should I do at this point. I have demoted it and removed it from the
domain and now it is only a part of a workgroup. Should I rejoin it to the
real domain or to the test domain and then run the dcpromo /forceremoval?
 
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