Re: How to properly remove a crashed DC from AD

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From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:47:39 -0400

Correct, but you will probably need to change the userAccountControl value
to 4096.....

HTH,

Cary

"pittspeed" <turbovw18@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uXl8gEeaEHA.3476@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> if you get DSA object cannot be deleted, ADSI will take care of it for
you.
>
> "Jim Singh" <jsingh07@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uCmo9gbaEHA.1556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > You have to make sure that you have taken couple of steps in order to
> > completely delete the computer dc objects from AD.
> > A: Make sure you have deleted the dc ntds objects by using the
> ntdsutil.exe.
> > B. Delete the computer accounts from the ADUC.
> > C. Delele the server object from the ADSS.
> > D. Do a metadata cleanup from the ntdsutil.exe
> >
> > This will make sure that there are no remaining references for the old
DC
> > and you wont see any replication errors.
> >
> > -Jim
> >
> > "emmanuel meurant" <emmanuelmeurant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message news:0AA078E0-75E5-4E7B-9240-EA302F77F3F1@microsoft.com...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > 2 of our DC's have crashed weeks ago and we installed new ones
instead.
> > > Everything works fine but the 2 crashed DC's still remain in the AD
and
> > > others DC's try to replicate with them.
> > >
> > > What is the correct procedure to remove such artefacts from the AD.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > --
> > > mcse 2000 - mcsa 2003 and still a lot to learn...
> >
> >
>
>

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