Re: DsRemoveDsDomainW error 0x2162

From: Chriss3 (noSpamHere_at_chrisse.se)
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:41:16 +0200

Pacman, Did you marked the last DC as the last DC in the DCPROMO demonation
wizard?

You may should have a look at the article below.
230306 - HOW TO: Remove Orphaned Domains from Active Directory
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;230306 

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"Pacman" <p_a_cherry@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:40879165$1@news.yourcomms.net...
> Hello
>
> We have a single forest with one domain.  We used to have a child domain
but
> I wanted to remove this.  The last DC for this domain wouldnt demote
> gracefully, so I have used NTDSUTIL on article 216498, then i tried to
> follow intructions on article 230306.  But when I try to remove the domain
I
> get "DsRemoveDsDomainW error 0x2162 There exists other domain controllers
> that host this domain".
>
> All DNS entires for the old domain have been removed, I have trawled
through
> ADSIEDIT looking for any references to the old domain.  The only single
> reference I can find for the old domain is in Configuration Container >
> CN=Configuration > CN-Partitions.  If I try to remove the entry, again I
get
> "The requested domain could not be deleted....."
>
> I have searched through this newsgroup, and everyone refers to the 2
> articles above, which I have followed but without success.
>
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> many thanks,
> Paul
>
>

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