Problems removing a DC

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Hi

I have a DC which i want to demote so that the domain is removed from my
forest. This was a test domain which POINTS TO ITSELF FOR DNS. When I run
dcpromo and try to remove the domain I get the following error message:

operation failed because:
the directory service failed to replicate off changes made locally
the DSA operation is unable to proceed because of a DNS lookup failure.

Any thoughts? I have gone through a number of MS fixes including:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263624

but still am striking out.

Thanks!
 
You need to point to the forest DNS to remove this domain from the main DNS
and forest AD.

HTH

Paul McGuire
 
Did that.. I have had it pointed to itself and also the forest DNS.
Currently points to itself and forest DNS as a secondary.. On the forest DNS
I do NOT see an entry for this domain? Could that be the problem?
 

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