Re: Error When Removing AD from BDC

No.

Go ahead and do the forceremoval followed by the metadata cleanup

Follow that with another set of diag tests

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"jennyjen" <jennyjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i have run the tests and everything showed up fine and everything
passed..my
next question is: If i were to force the removal of AD using dcpromo
/forceremoval is there any harm in doing it this way? should i be awear
of
anything before i run this forced removal?

thanks

"Paul Bergson" wrote:

They should just be check boxes. No drop down boxes that say dcdiag and
netdiag.

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Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA

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rights.


"jennyjen" <jennyjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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sorry i was actually able to get to the site after some time. I have
downloaded it and saved the script in the folder specified. I also
have
the
tools installed. When i run the script and im given the prompt to
select
the
tests to run i cant find either dcdiag or netdiag in either of the drop
down
menus..would you mind pointing me in the right direction?

"Paul Bergson" wrote:

The information supplied isn't enough to provide much assistance and
there
are no PDC's or BDC's with Active Directory loaded on them. So I'm
making
the assumption this is really a Domain Controller. If you could find
any
EventId's in the Event log this would help or run some diagnostics
against
this domain.

Otherwise if you need to remove this dc from the domain you will have
to
do
a dcpromo /forceremoval (Which should demote the server) but before
you
do
you should move any fsmo roles off of this server. To check to see if
it
holds any from a command prompt type in: netdom query fsmo (The
server
tools if not loaded can be installed from the server install cd). If
this
dc holds any roles they should be transferred before you do the
demotion.
Next do the demotion and follow that up with a cleaning of the
metadata
of
AD.

Transfer FSMO roles gracefully:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255690&Product=win2000

Cleaning up metadata
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498


To run diagnostics against your Active Directory domain:

If you don't have the tools installed, install them from your server
install
disk.
d:\support\tools\setup.exe

Run dcdiag and netdiag in verbose mode.

If you download a gui script I wrote it should be simple to set and
run.
It
also has the option to run individual tests without having to learn
all
the
switch options. The details will be output in notepad text files that
pop
up automagically.

The script is at http://pbbergs.dynu.com/windows/windows.htm, download
it
and save it to c:\program files\support tools\

Just select both dcdiag and netdiag make sure verbose is set. (Leave
the
default settings for dcdiag as set when selected)

When complete search for fail, error and warning messages.


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Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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"jennyjen" <jennyjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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when i am running DCPROMO on this BDC to remove active directory
from
it..it
gets so far and then gives me the error below:

The Operation failed because:
the attempt to configure the machine account <server> on server
<server.domain> failed
"Not enough quota avaliable to process this command"

any research i have found on this error says it may have to do with
a
page
file size. I have increased that and i am still getting this error.
Please
give me any advice you have...thanks so much in advance.










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