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Okay, that is great, the errors didn't make sense, it is the secondary DC with no DHCP or anything special on it.
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Okay, that is great, the errors didn't make sense, it is the secondary DC with no DHCP or anything special on it.

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yes, my plan is to remove that server completely
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yes, my plan is to remove that server completely

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I have two DC, I'm trying to decommission the secondary DC; so first I have depromoted the server successfully and now i'm trying to uninstall AD and DNS but I'm getting the following error: removal of one or more roles role services or features failed. error 0x8000ffff
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Hello,

I have two DC, I'm trying to decommission the secondary DC; so first I have depromoted the server successfully and now i'm trying to uninstall AD and DNS but I'm getting the following error: removal of one or more roles role services or features failed. error 0x8000ffff

Remove Roles and Features

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

A domain controller is a server that responds to security authentication requests within a computer network domain. It is a network server that is responsible for allowing host access to domain resources. It authenticates users, stores user account information and enforces security policy for a domain