[windows2000] Re: Deleting a domain controller that no longer exists
- From: "Ibrahim Abdi, Mustafa" <Mustafa.Ibrahim.Abdi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:40:05 -0400
Normally you should demote the server and it will be removed automatically. If
this is not possible and you receive this error when you try and remove the
server object in the Active Directory Sites and services console. It is
possible there are child objects in the server container and those would need
to be removed before you can remove the server itself. The only way to resolved
this is use NTDSUTIL and clean the Metadata and stuff.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chad Pirowski [mailto:cpirowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 September 2003 17:48
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Deleting a domain controller that no longer exists
How can I delete a DC that is no longer available to the domain? We had an
NT4.0 server that was a domain controller in a mixed NT4.0 / Windows 2000
domain, but it in essence died. Now when we try to delete it from Active
Directory, we receive the "DSA object could not be deleted" message. Any
ideas? Also, while we're on the subject, I have a different NT4 server on the
network that I would like to get rid of as well, but we can't run dcpromo on
that one, can we? Thanks in advance,
Chad Pirowski
IT Consultant
NexLink Solutions, LLC
703 Pro Med Lane, Ste 103
Carmel IN 46032
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