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It was a clean demotion. &nbsp;The only remnants of the machine is in DNS as a NS and A record. Can old NS records of machines that don't exist be removed?
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It was a clean demotion.  The only remnants of the machine is in DNS as a NS and A record. Can old NS records of machines that don't exist be removed?

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Yes you can remove those old records and delete the box in sites and services (I'm guessing it is still there too)<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Mike
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Yes you can remove those old records and delete the box in sites and services (I'm guessing it is still there too)

Thanks

Mike

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I would run a dcdiag on the functioning DC to check for any errors before proceeding with the promotion
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I would run a dcdiag on the functioning DC to check for any errors before proceeding with the promotion

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I'm closing this post, but watch for one rergarding my NetDiag-DefGW errors
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I'm closing this post, but watch for one rergarding my NetDiag-DefGW errors

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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26457315/netdiag-DefGW-failure.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26457315/netdiag-DefGW-failure.html</a>
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https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26457315/netdiag-DefGW-failure.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26457315/netdiag-DefGW-failure.html]

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Can the Ntfrs be removed from a demoted DC before promoting it again? &nbsp;Also, are there any other folders/files that should be removed from the machine before attempting the promotion again.<br />
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Can the Ntfrs be removed from a demoted DC before promoting it again?  Also, are there any other folders/files that should be removed from the machine before attempting the promotion again.
--SM

Deleting Ntfrs folders

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).