Remove Domain Controller

I have a server that was the original DC for my 2000 domain. I want to
decommision it, but what do I need to do to remove it cleanly from the
domain? I do have other DCs in the domain.

Danny
Mon Apr 21 11:12:55 PDT 2008

Go to start run and type dcpromo and hit enter.


hth
DDS

"EJS77" <EJS77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a server that was the original DC for my 2000 domain. I want to
> decommision it, but what do I need to do to remove it cleanly from the
> domain? I do have other DCs in the domain.

Meinolf
Mon Apr 21 11:53:29 PDT 2008

Hello EJS77,

Run dcdiag, netdiag and replmon to check for errors before removing the DC.

If not on another machine you need additional DNS/DHCP server. The other
DC's must take over the 5 FSMO roles and also the Global catalog. If needed
clients has to be reconfigured if that DC was set for DNS on the clients NIC.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I have a server that was the original DC for my 2000 domain. I want
> to decommision it, but what do I need to do to remove it cleanly from
> the domain? I do have other DCs in the domain.
>

Paul
Tue Apr 22 05:59:33 PDT 2008

I have an article on removing a dc from the domain

http://www.pbbergs.com/windows/articles.htm
Select Decommission a DC

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"EJS77" <EJS77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a server that was the original DC for my 2000 domain. I want to
> decommision it, but what do I need to do to remove it cleanly from the
> domain? I do have other DCs in the domain.

Jorge
Thu May 08 06:51:17 PDT 2008

if it still exists use DCPROMO

if it is already dead then clean its metadata
(http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2005/12/03/213.aspx)

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"EJS77" <EJS77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D328AF49-C338-4D60-BF2B-21D1F10CBE8E@microsoft.com...
>I have a server that was the original DC for my 2000 domain. I want to
> decommision it, but what do I need to do to remove it cleanly from the
> domain? I do have other DCs in the domain.