Greetings, I am trying to remove the second domain conroller from a 2003 domain, however, when I attempt to remove the DC via dcpromo, I receive the following errors in the event log:
Event Type: Error Event Source: NTDS Replication Event Category: Replication Event ID: 2022 Date: 20/06/2005 Time: 2:28:58 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON Computer: MAIL2 Description: The operations master roles held by the local domain controller could not transfer to the following remote domain controller. Remote domain controller: \ The local domain controller cannot complete demotion. User Action Investigate why the remote domain controller might be unable to accept the operations master roles, or manually transfer all the roles that are held by the local domain controller to the remote domain controller. Then, try to demote this domain controller again. Additional Data Error value: 5005 The directory service was unable to transfer ownership of one or more floating single-master operation roles to other servers. Extended error value: 0 Internal ID : 52497778 For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Event Type: Warning Event Source: NTDS Replication Event Category: Internal Configuration Event ID: 1837 Date: 20/06/2005 Time: 2:28:58 PM User: example\exchange$ Computer: MAIL2 Description: An attempt to transfer the operations master role represented by the following object failed. Object: CN=Infrastructure,DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=example,DC=LOCAL Current operations master role: CN=NTDS Settings,CN=MAIL2,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=example,DC=LOCAL Proposed operations master role: CN=NTDS Settings,CN=exchange,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=example,DC=LOCAL Additional Data Error value: 3 For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
