RE: [ActiveDir] Demoted DC Lives On

[Steve Linehan]

Title: [ActiveDir] Demoted DC Lives On

What version of the OS are you running?  I believe replmon and the Config Container are simply showing a replication connection object that is in a stay of execution, these go away normally after 15 days.  To see if this is it simply run repadmin /showreps from the complaining DC and you will likely have a connection object that shows as deleted.  If it is a connection object in a stay of execution state and it bugs you repadmin can be used to remove it or it will go away on its own.   Thanks,   -Steve   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:25 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Demoted DC Lives On   That usually works with no problems...    -gil   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Your Name Sent: Wed 7/27/2005 7:02 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Demoted DC Lives On Hello: A few weeks ago, I demoted a DC at one of our sites. The demotion appeared to work correctly, and the server no longer appears as a DC under the ADUC. Also, while there is an A record for the server, it has been removed from the  _msdcs, _sites, etc. The server was then completely shut down and is awaiting a good scrubbing. All that is good. However, the DC's ghost lingers on in at least three places: - When openning replmon, the server shows up as a DC in the site. - If I use ADSI Edit to poke around in the Configuration Container, its CN still shows up under the site. - the current DC is logging an Event 213 complaining about not being able to see the LicenseService on the old DC. I thought a metadata cleanup using ntdsutil would fix it. However, the server does NOT show up when queried with "list servers in site". So the question is how can I get rid of this beast? Should I simply remove it using ADSI Edit? TIA. -- nme 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/