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Thanks. &nbsp;It looks like the cleanup is easier in Windows 2008 R2 by just removing the defective DC in ADUC&gt;domain controller OU and in site and services, right?
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Thanks.  It looks like the cleanup is easier in Windows 2008 R2 by just removing the defective DC in ADUC>domain controller OU and in site and services, right?

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In my experience youneed to go through dns and NTDS
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In my experience youneed to go through dns and NTDS

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Even though metadata cleanup is automated, it does tend to leave the DC listed in Sites and Services and the DNS entries.
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Even though metadata cleanup is automated, it does tend to leave the DC listed in Sites and Services and the DNS entries.

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Question was answered and relevant technet entry provided
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Question was answered and relevant technet entry provided

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Hello, <br />
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We have a defective Windows 2008 domain controller server which cannot be recovered. &nbsp;<br />
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We need to manually clean up the metadata on all other domain controller servers. <br />
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Does anyone have a KB that show how to do it?<br />
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Ed
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Hello, 

We have a defective Windows 2008 domain controller server which cannot be recovered.  

We need to manually clean up the metadata on all other domain controller servers. 

Does anyone have a KB that show how to do it?

Ed

Manually remove a domain controller server from AD database.

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.