RE: SOS Please advice. ADC Crashed server !
From: Jazzman (Jazzman_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:45:15 -0800
Never mind I figured it out. I completely followed the
steps this time and it worked.
"Jazzman" wrote:
> By ADC I mean Additional domain controller.
> M2000 was my additional domain controller.
> PDC is surving domain controller and thats what I connected to.
>
>
>
> "Desmond Lee" wrote:
>
> >
> > What do you exactly mean by "ADC"?
> > Say "PDC" is the surviving domain controller in the AD domain, you should
> > connect to it for all attempts to remove the unrecoverable (DC?) "M2000".
> >
> > "Jazzman" wrote:
> >
> > > Please note I only have 1 domain called Cyclone.
> > > One of my server crashed. Its unrecoverable. No backups to restore from. The
> > > server that is unrecoverable is called M2000. It was an ADC. I have another
> > > server in my domain that is called PDC which is my main server for AD and
> > > have all the roles.
> > >
> > > I tried using the NTDSUTIL utility to cleanup ADC but it gets stuck on
> > > select operation target when I enter the " select domain number ". It kicks
> > > me back to slect operation target.
> > >
> > > I am following the steps from http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498 which
> > > were suggested to me under my post of
> > > "Lost My Additional domain controller"
> > >
> > > What do I do? If someone can help me I would appreciate this.
> > > Please send me your phone number to supportj@gmail.com I will respond
> > > immediately. I will be obliged for ever if someone can really help me here.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > C:\>ntdsutil
> > > ntdsutil: meta cleanup
> > > metadata cleanup: connections
> > > server connections: connect to server PDC
> > > Binding to PDC ...
> > > Connected to PDC using credentials of locally logged on user
> > > server connections: quit
> > > metadata cleanup: select operation target
> > > select operation target:
> > > select operation target: list domains
> > > Found 1 domain(s)
> > > 0 - DC=CYCLONE,DC=com
> > > select operation target: select domain 0
> > > No current site
> > > Domain - DC=CYCLONE,DC=com
> > > No current server
> > > No current Naming Context
> > > select operation target:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 9.Type select domain number and press ENTER, where number is the number
> > > associated with the domain the server you are removing is a member of. The
> > > domain you select is used to determine if the server being removed is the
> > > last domain controller of that domain.
> > > 10. Type list sites and press ENTER. A list of sites, each with an
> > > associated number, is displayed.
> > > 11. Type select site number and press ENTER, where number is the number
> > > associated with the site the server you are removing is a member of. You
> > > should receive a confirmation listing the site and domain you chose.
> > > 12. Type list servers in site and press ENTER. A list of servers in the
> > > site, each with an associated number, is displayed.
> > > 13. Type select server number, where number is the number associated with
> > > the server you want to remove. You receive a confirmation listing the
> > > selected server, its Domain Name Server (DNS) host name, and the location of
> > > the server's computer account you want to remove.
> > > 14. Type quit and press ENTER. The Metadata Cleanup menu appears.
> > >
> > >
> > > The server I am trying to remove is the ADC....
> > >
> > >
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