Server Removal

[djones2002]

Hello All...

We want to remove one of our Active Directory servers from service. The question is, can we safely delete the machine's account (remove it from the domain), replace the physical box with a better machine, yet give the new machine the name of the server that's been removed? Is there any additional clean up that has to take place before, in-between, or at the end of the process?

Thanks for any info.

Dennis Jones

 

[ricpinto]

Use DCPROMO on the command prompt but before that check that DC if it's holding all or 1 of the FSMO roles and transfer it to a different DC.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=255690