Robert,
See the Article Q216498 at (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=kb;EN-US;q216498)
It explains how to clean up orphaned servers in your AD by using the
metadata cleanup. One thing that I have seen is that after you run metadata
cleanup, manually remove the server from sites and services then force
replication to all domain controllers. Then run dcdiag and replmon to ensure
there are no errors.
Kevin
Kevin E. McLaughlin
MCSE, MCT, MCNE, MCNI, CCNA
Senior Network Engineer
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was having some problems with a DC that I needed to rebuild as a member
> server. I successfully transferred all the necessary roles and the domain
> and directory are sound. The machine would not demote via dcpromo due to
> some lsass errors... I received a patch directly from Microsoft and the
> thing blue screened! I basically didn't need the machine as a domain
> controller and am happy at that, the machine has now been rebuilt as a
> member server under a different name.
>
> Of course the old domain controller is still lingering in the AD and other
> DCs are trying to replicate with it, etc. How do I remove all traces of
> this thing? I know it's possible with ntdsutil but am unsure about how to
> tackle it, if not a little apprehensive of using it.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
>
> Robert Rutherford
>
>
>
>
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