Re: AD removal from Win2k Domain Controller

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"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

In news:1B8BF888-4AC3-4EBD-9BD9-87D48889B884@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Cybersteve <Cybersteve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated, which I commented
on below:
Am in the process of demoting some of our Win2k DCs and migrating to
Win2k3 - finally. Recently, did a DCPROMO on a Win2k box and all
seemed to go well, as far as the event log information. But when I
started scouting around in DNS and AD Sites and Services, I see the
demoted DC referenced by name in scattered places.

For example, it's listed in AD Sites and Services but has no
connection objects. When I run replmon on the other DCs I don't
receive any replication errors, and the event logs in the other DCs
look clean. It's also not listed in the _msdcs container either, but
in other places in DNS.

Can I just tidy up the references to the long gone DC or do I have to
do the full on metadata cleanup?

Yep, just manually delete anything left over in those places you mentioned.
Also check ADUC to insure it was moved out of the DC OU.

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Ace
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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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Thanks, Ace. Many good ones.
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