Last Domain Controller unable to reach forest domain

[I.is.Who.I.am]

I have two domains a.local and b.local and a.local is the forest root. I
recently lost
connectivity between the domains and am trying to dcpromo the last DC in
b.local to
stand alone status but it will not let me because it cannot reach the forest
root a.local.
Is there another way to do this without reformatting the drive?

 

[ptwilliams]

I guess you have two choices:

1. re-establish the trust and get replication working and then demote; or
2. dcpromo /forceremoval and then do a metadata cleanup
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=216498)

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[Mark Renoden [MSFT]]

Hi

If you go with the metadata cleanup option, you'll need to tidy up the
orphaned domain also:

230306 HOW TO: Remove Orphaned Domains from Active Directory
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=230306

Kind regards
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[I.is.Who.I.am]

Thanks,
It looks like I will have to go with the forceremoval option. For whatever
reason the trust is still there but I cannot connect them.

Hi

If you go with the metadata cleanup option, you'll need to tidy up the
orphaned domain also:

230306 HOW TO: Remove Orphaned Domains from Active Directory
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=230306

Kind regards
--
Mark Renoden [MSFT]
Windows Platform Support Team
Email: (e-mail address removed)

Please note you'll need to strip ".online" from my email address to email
me; I'll post a response back to the group.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I guess you have two choices:

1. re-establish the trust and get replication working and then demote; or
2. dcpromo /forceremoval and then do a metadata cleanup
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=216498)

--

Paul Williams
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