DCPromo

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Joshua Graham

I ran DCPromo on one of my domain controller yesterday and I did not receive
any errors, however, I still see the computer in Sites and Services. The
computer does not have the NTDS property, nor is it in the Domain Controller
OU in AD. Is this a feature in AD and do I have to wait for the Garbage
Collector to run before it is removed from Sites and Services. I am about to
take this server offline and rebuild it as a windows server 2003 server and
I just want to make sure that everything is good to go.

Thanks,

Josh
MCP, A+
 
No DCs can appear in Sites and Services (and usually do I believe);
so there is no reason to remove it.

Technically it COULD be a DFS server which is the only other
service that I know which "uses site information to optimize service
or replication."

Expect it to remain in Sites and Services and don't worry about it.
 
I'm sorry but I have to disagree. I don't think you should leave it in
Sites and Services.

I would have thought that a clean dcpromo would have removed this. I know
when you dcpromo /forceremoval (which is usually done offline) will leave
objects in the directory.

The way I see it is you have several choices:

1. Wait 24 hours to see if the garbage collector does indeed remove this
orphaned object.
2. Remove it yourself and let replication do this on all the other DCs.
3. Run a metabase cleanup.

If you decide to do choice No. 3, I would recommend you look at this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=216498

Paul.
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ptwilliams said:
I'm sorry but I have to disagree. I don't think you should leave it in
Sites and Services.
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Why? Don't you ever but DFS servers in there?

What harm do you suppose it does in there?
I would have thought that a clean dcpromo would have removed this. I know
when you dcpromo /forceremoval (which is usually done offline) will leave
objects in the directory.
Click to expand...

Why would you think this?
 
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