Cant get rid of OLD AD DC entry

[TPrchal]

I have an entry of an old DC in AD Sites and services and as a selection in NTDSUTIL metadata cleanup. I have tried several times to remove the entry through NTDSUTIL and gives me the error 'DSremoveDSServerW eroor 0x20e3 (The DSA object could not be found)' I cannot remove it from sites and services...gives me the DSA object can not be deleted. And I have used the ADSIEdit to remove all traces of the computername and in the domain. Apparently someone did a bad promo before because when i was demoting it...it had two entries in sitesandservices and when i did the demote it got rid of the current DC entry..but the other one (same name)is still there. It has the name then a square character then what looks like its GUID next to it.

Any suggestions...

Thanks

Theresa

 

[svsawkar]

What server are you connecting to when you try to remove the Directory Service Agent (DSA)? Make sure to connect to a good DC and not the DC which you are trying to remove from the domain.

/Siddharth

 

[TPrchal]

Yes I am performing it from a good DC. Someone suggested changing the tombstone date for two days to see if it will purge out and change the date back.

 

[rkmorrow]

Go to adsiedit.msc and remove the server from the "Domain Controllers" OU and this will remove the old DC entry

 

[TPrchal]

I have used ADSIEdit already and it is not listed in there.