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I have 2 tombstoned DC's. One is Server 2003R2 it has been offline for 3+ years. The other is Server 2008R2 that has been disconnected for over a year. The schema has been updated to Server 2008R2 but I only have a 2003R2 and a 2008 active DCs.
What should I do to remove the 2 tombstoned servers from active directory? I don't want to put the servers back on the network to run dcpromo because I heard if they are that old they could cause some real problems in replication. Is this true?
This article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498 mentions from a 2008 or 2008R2 server I can just remove the computer from the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to remove all the metadata for a server object. Am I reading this correctly?
Most of the articles I've found deal with 2003 servers or earlier, I'm wondering if there is a different process for 2008 and later.
Thank you,
What should I do to remove the 2 tombstoned servers from active directory? I don't want to put the servers back on the network to run dcpromo because I heard if they are that old they could cause some real problems in replication. Is this true?
This article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498 mentions from a 2008 or 2008R2 server I can just remove the computer from the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to remove all the metadata for a server object. Am I reading this correctly?
Most of the articles I've found deal with 2003 servers or earlier, I'm wondering if there is a different process for 2008 and later.
Thank you,
Windows Server 2008Active Directory
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vbchewie
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Neither of the DC's carry an FSMO roles other than the GC but I have all my DC set as GCs. Is there anything else I need to do after that to clean out the Domain Controllers? Repadmin.exe? A few people have me scared to death about how much removing a tombstoned DC sucks.
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That was easy.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
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Really thanks again for your help.
Metadata cleanup
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816907(v=ws.10).aspx
Will.