Can't demote old DC using DCPROMO - netlogon error

[AceHigh1234]

It gets about half way though and returns a NETLOGON error stating that there is not enough space. A check of the dcpromo.log file returns this:

12/13 10:14:56 [INFO] Stopping service NETLOGON
12/13 10:15:56 [INFO] Configuring service NETLOGON to 1 returned 0

everything between these two entries returns a 0

12/13 10:18:07 [INFO] Stopping service NETLOGON
12/13 10:18:07 [INFO] Configuring service NETLOGON to 273 returned 8

12/13 10:18:07 [INFO] Error - Failed to configure the service NETLOGON as requested
(8)

12/13 10:18:07 [INFO] OpenService on RPCLOCATOR failed with 5

everything else fails with 5

Any suggestions?

 

[TidyTrax]

From you post i would be checking Disk Space on the Server, and then checking DNS

 

[markdmac]

I agree with the above suggestions. If you come down to it, you may want to check my FAQ for forcefully removing a DC. faq96-4869

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[AceHigh1234]

DNS is working fine, and both servers have GB after GB of free space.

 

[markdmac]

Can you successfully stop and restart the netlogon service?

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[AceHigh1234]

yes I can

 

[markdmac]

OK, so lets get the picture clearer here.

Is this the last DC? Did you move any FSMO roles off of it? Did you remove the GC role?

Can you do a dcpromo /forcedremoval?

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[AceHigh1234]

OK, noit's not the last DC
I moved all of the FSMO roles to the new server
Removed Global Catalog and moved it to the new server
Didn't try the dcpromo /forcedremovel because to my understanding, that will leave a lot of messy metadata to clean up

 

[markdmac]

Cleaning up the metadata is a breeze. Refer to my FAQ for a script that does it for you with no fuss. faq96-4733

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[AceHigh1234]

OK, I checked out the FAQ, and the VBScript file looks like it will make metadat removal a breeze.

New Problem, I get the exact same error when I try to do dcpromo /forceremoval

HELP!

 

[markdmac]

OK, so is there anythig on this server that you need to keep? If not then physically remove it from the domain, use the script to clean up metadata and manually delete any entries in DNS for the server. You can then reload the server or recycle it as needed.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[AceHigh1234]

That just what I did first thing this morning. Had the old server powered off for a few days to make sure no problems were cropping up, then I ran that metadata.vbs and deleted the CNAME records, and it looks like I'm in good shape.
Luckiley, the only things I needed off of the server were data files.