File Replication...

[Fan Fan]

I demoted a domain controller gracefully and successfully few month ago.
However, I keep getting the Warning event in the remaining DCs telling me
that the domain controller (the live one) 'the file replication service is
having trouble enabling replication (the-Dead-domain-controller-name) to
(this DC name) for \\?\g\WinNt\Sysvoldomain using the DNS name ...will keep
trying...' The Event ID is 13508. In other words, the live domain
controllers are still trying to replicate with the demoted domain
controller. I tried to look for the demoted DC server in Active Directory
Users and Computers and in the Active Directory Sites and Services, but I
could not fine it (I remember the server name remained in the Directory
Sites and Services and I deleted it one week after the demotion). I tried
very hard to find if there is any article in the web will help to resolve
the problem but I could not find one. Even though the network is
functioning fine, but I prefer to clean up the AD so to get rid of the
demoted controller in its entirety. Please help. Thank you.

Fan

 

[Simon Geary]

Follow this article to clean up your AD. It sounds like you need to delete
the servers metadata.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498

 

[Richard McCall [MSFT]]

How many DCs do you have. If you have more than 1 remaining then replication
may not be replicating the dcpromo operation results to the server you
deleted the server from in sites and services. You can use article 216498 or
fix replication.

 

[Fan Fan]

Hello, Simon and Richard,

Thank you for the help and information. I will follow the instructions
spelled out in 216498 to correct my problem. By the way, our domain is the
grand-child domain in the forest (three level down the tree). Would the
upper domains need to do anything else other then the procedures mentioned
in 216498? Thank you again.

Fan

 

[Simon Geary]

No, nothing special will need doing in the child domain.