I have a domain with 2 sites.
Site 1 has 2 Server 2003 DCs and 1 2008 DC
Site 2 has 1 2008 DC
I lost one of my server 2003 DCs due a failure and can not get the server back online to do a dcpromo to demote the server. I know i need to do a metadata clean up to remove the dead DC from the doamin. However i read in (Link) that In Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2, the administrator can remove the metadata for a server object by removing the server object in the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
Is there any turth to this. I know in the past i have done metadata cleanups and have been fine but i rember that just removing the DC from Active Directory Users and Computers was a big NO NO...
Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
Site 1 has 2 Server 2003 DCs and 1 2008 DC
Site 2 has 1 2008 DC
I lost one of my server 2003 DCs due a failure and can not get the server back online to do a dcpromo to demote the server. I know i need to do a metadata clean up to remove the dead DC from the doamin. However i read in (Link) that In Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2, the administrator can remove the metadata for a server object by removing the server object in the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
Is there any turth to this. I know in the past i have done metadata cleanups and have been fine but i rember that just removing the DC from Active Directory Users and Computers was a big NO NO...
Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
