Re: Remove Child Domain?

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> I followed the KB but it wouldn't allow me to remove it, stating a domain
> controller still exists for the domain. This is correct. The domain
> controller is in active use for the other company. Our domain is
> towerenergy.com. I initially set up the other company as

You must follow the removal process using NTDSUtil for EACH
abandoned domain controller before you can then follow it for
that domain you wish to remove.

NTDS metadata cleanup

Key points to NOTE when doing the metadata cleanup:

You CONNECT to a WORKING DC.
You SELECT the missing/dead DC or DOMAIN

'Connect' and 'Select' are technical terms in this context.

Select each DEAD DC, remove it; then select and remove the
DEAD Domain.

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"Steve W" <sewasser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:11c38im1pue758d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I followed the KB but it wouldn't allow me to remove it, stating a domain
> controller still exists for the domain. This is correct. The domain
> controller is in active use for the other company. Our domain is
> towerenergy.com. I initially set up the other company as
> next.towerenergy.com. I reinstalled the DC as next.com. But, stuck in
Active
> directory domains and sites is next.towerenergy.com. Same with Trusts and
> Default-First-Site-Name. Any thoughts? Again, thank you for your input.
>
>
> "Tomasz Onyszko" <T.Onyszko_nospam_@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uaiXmIBfFHA.2076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Steve W wrote:
> > > I set up a 2003 domain server a long time ago as a child domain of our
> > > corporate domain (2000 server). I later re-set up the 2003 as it's own
> > > domain, and users authenticate to resources back here by supplying a
> > > username and password when mapping a drive here. Here's how I want to
> set it
> > > up: remove the child domain and its trusts (the remove button is
greyed
> out,
> > > probably because the DC/Domain doesn't exist anymore), then create a
> two-way
> > > trust between our domain and the other domain. How can I safely remove
> all
> > > aspects of the child domain so I can set up DNS and Trusts from
scratch?
> > >
> >
> > Check this KB:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230306/EN-US/
> >
> > --
> > Tomasz Onyszko
> > http://www.w2k.pl
>
>


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