How to remove a dead DC from AD

[Tom Bombadill]

Guys,

Our primary DC died some months ago and so we had to seize all the master
roles to another DC and rebuild the first one to a DC, under a different
computer name.

One thing I never managed to do was to remove the old DC name from the AD. I
even found an online tutorial to edit AD using ADSI or antother tool, I
forget which one it was exactly. But it did not have any effect.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks,

 

[Simon Geary]

This is the kb you need http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498
Follow the steps for a metadata cleanup using ntdsutil

 

[Tom Ausburne]

There is only one approved way to clean up a domain controller that
has been removed. This way works every time.

216498 HOW TO: Remove Data in Active Directory After an Unsuccessful
Domain
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498


Tom Ausburne (MSFT)
Windows 2000 Directory Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

 

[Tom Bombadill]

Thanks guys. I'll give it a try and will let you know of the outcome.