Adding a 2003 server to the domain and errors

[Guest]

Hi

I am trying to add a 2003 Server to our 2000 domain and I am getting an error running the adprep tool. First let me say that I had a machine that was removed from the AD quite a while ago and still has an entry marked for deletion. I have run the ADSIEdit tool and see no entries for that server yet when I run the adprep tool it chokes on this entry marked for deletion.. Any one how to find this entry and get rid of it

Tim

 

[Chriss3]

Tim , Have you seen the article below make sure you have clean up dns for
related records as well.

HOW TO: Remove Data in Active Directory After an Unsuccessful Domain
Controller Demotion:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;216498

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Regards
Christoffer Andersson

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Hi,

I am trying to add a 2003 Server to our 2000 domain and I am getting an

error running the adprep tool. First let me say that I had a machine that
was removed from the AD quite a while ago and still has an entry marked for
deletion. I have run the ADSIEdit tool and see no entries for that server
yet when I run the adprep tool it chokes on this entry marked for deletion..
Any one how to find this entry and get rid of it?

 

[Guest]

Nope no entries in the DNS either. Here is the error I am getting when running the tool

Adprep was unable to check the forest update status

[Status/Consequence

Adprep queries the directory to see if the forest has already been prepared. If the information is unavailable or unknown, Adprep proceeds without attempting this operation.

[User Action]

Restart Adprep and check the Adprep.log file. Verify in the log file that this forest has already been successfully prepared

Adprep encountered an LDAP error.

Error code: 0x20. Server extended error code: 0x208d, Server error message: 0000208D: NameErr: DSID-031001B8, problem 2001 (NO_OBJECT), data 0, best match of
'CN=WEBSRVDEL:47020ac0-7acc-4589-b50d-4337edf60300,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=cmbx,DC=LOCAL

 

[Chriss3]

If you familiar with ADSIEdit.msc tool connect to the Configuration Naming
Context and see if the ForestUpdates container exists. ADSI Tool can be used
by installing the Windows Server Support Tools from your Windows Server CD.