remove DC without DCPROMO

[Cor]

Hi all,

We had to close down an office very quickly, and it was not possible for me
to remove the DC by demoting it. Unfortunately we cannot get to the server
as well, and I want to remove it from my domain. It there any way of
removing the DC nicely in our situation (without having the possibility to
remove it with dcpromo)?

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks,
Cor

 

[Simon Geary]

You can follow these steps to remove the DC manually.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498

 

[Steve Dodson [MSFT]]

If the DC's are at SP 4, we introduce a fast way to do this:

332199 Using the DCPROMO /FORCEREMOVAL Command to Force the Demotion
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=332199

Of course you will need to do metadata cleanup per the below article if the
domain will remain:

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


Hope that helps!

Steve
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[Cor]

Hi all,

Thanks for pointing me to the right document. Thanks!

Regards Cor

If the DC's are at SP 4, we introduce a fast way to do this:

332199 Using the DCPROMO /FORCEREMOVAL Command to Force the Demotion
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=332199

Of course you will need to do metadata cleanup per the below article if the
domain will remain:

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


Hope that helps!

Steve
--
Steve Dodson [MSFT]
Directory Services
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purposes only.

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Hi all,

We had to close down an office very quickly, and it was not possible for me
to remove the DC by demoting it. Unfortunately we cannot get to the server
as well, and I want to remove it from my domain. It there any way of
removing the DC nicely in our situation (without having the possibility to
remove it with dcpromo)?

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks,
Cor