Procedure to remove dead server from AD

[Sam Munzani]

Hi,

Recently we had a failed hardware box that used to be a domain controller in
our forest root domain. Instead of building a new replacement box, we moved
the print services(That's all it served) to different domain controller in
domain. Things are working fine now but I get a lot of AD synchronizing
errors in event log b'cos it can't find failed box.

What's cleanest/easiest way to remove this box from AD?

Thanks,
Sam

 

[Herb Martin]

Hi,

Recently we had a failed hardware box that used to be a domain controller in
our forest root domain. Instead of building a new replacement box, we moved
the print services(That's all it served) to different domain controller in
domain. Things are working fine now but I get a lot of AD synchronizing
errors in event log b'cos it can't find failed box.

What's cleanest/easiest way to remove this box from AD?

NTDSUtil.exe ("Metadata cleanup")

It's a tedious procedure but just search Microsoft USING Google
with something like:

[ NTDSUtil "Metadata cleanup" site:microsoft.com ]

Or...

[ NTDSUtil "Metadata cleanup" microsoft: ] (colon: after microsoft

Someone will post the actual article links here in a few hours
probably but you can find it yourself right now.

It's not hard but it is "tedious" so you need to generally follow
the instructions.

 

[Deji Akomolafe]

Try this:
http://www.akomolafe.com/docs/xferfsmos.htm

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[Simon Geary]

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498

Hi,

Recently we had a failed hardware box that used to be a domain

controller

in
our forest root domain. Instead of building a new replacement box, we moved
the print services(That's all it served) to different domain controller in
domain. Things are working fine now but I get a lot of AD synchronizing
errors in event log b'cos it can't find failed box.

What's cleanest/easiest way to remove this box from AD?

NTDSUtil.exe ("Metadata cleanup")

It's a tedious procedure but just search Microsoft USING Google
with something like:

[ NTDSUtil "Metadata cleanup" site:microsoft.com ]

Or...

[ NTDSUtil "Metadata cleanup" microsoft: ] (colon: after microsoft

Someone will post the actual article links here in a few hours
probably but you can find it yourself right now.

It's not hard but it is "tedious" so you need to generally follow
the instructions.