RE: Domain Controller Hardware Failure, remove from AD
- From: v-tomche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Che [MSFT])
- Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:56:01 GMT
Hi Crikan,
Thanks for posting here. Also thanks for our MVP Lanwench's kind
suggestion.
Crikan, from your post, my understanding of this issue is: you would like
to know how to remove a crashed and decommissioned domain controller from
the Active Directory. If this is not correct, please feel free to let me
know.
Usually, we use the Active Directory Installation Wizard (Dcpromo.exe) for
demoting a domain controller to a member server. As part of the demotion
process, the wizard removes the configuration data for the domain
controller from Active Directory. This data takes the form of an NTDS
Settings object that exists as a child of the server object in Active
Directory Sites and Services.
In the event that the NTDS Settings object is not removed correctly or the
Active Directory Installation Wizard is unable to run, the administrator
can use the Ntdsutil.exe utility to manually remove the NTDS Settings
object. For more information about the detailed procedure for removing the
NTDS Settings object in Active Directory for a particular domain
controller, you may refer to the following Microsoft Web site:
216498 How to remove data in Active Directory after an unsuccessful domain
controller demotion
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498
Note: if the removed DC was a Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) role
holder, relocate those roles to a live DC. For more information, please
see:
255690 HOW TO: View and Transfer FSMO Roles in the Graphical User Interface
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255690
Hope this helps.
Have a nice day!
Sincerely,
Tom Che
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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>A few weeks ago I had a Dominan Controller that was also a Global Catalog
>fail. It not possible to save this old server. Good news is that I has
>another DC that was also a Global Catalog. I now need to remove the dead
>DC from Active Directory. Where can I find the best instructions for this?
>
>I am running Windows 2003 and have an Exchange 2003 server.
>
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