But don't I have to get it out of Restore Mode first before I can attempt to run DCPROMO? I've seen the metadata cleanup article which has come in handy a few times :)
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win2K3 DC in Active Directory Recovery Mode you can run the process for removing a 'phantom' failed DC ... here's a pretty good link to describe the process : http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:36 AM, John Bowles <john.bow...@wlkmmas.org<mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org>> wrote: All- I have a W2K3 DC that is currently sitting in AD recovery mode. I want to demote this DC and get rid of this toaster, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I can't run DCPROMO on the box and remove it. How would I get a server like that removed from DS? Thank you, John Bowles ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
