Remove BDC from AD

[BabylonDrifter]

Hi

My issue is I have lost a NT 4 BDC in a 2000 Domain. The old BDC is still in my AD as a Domain Controler. I would like to remove it and I can not by runing DCPromo, since the server is dead.

I heard it easer to remove a NT 4 BDC from AD than a Y2k PCD, but still don't know how to do either.

Can anyone help ??

Thanks

Charles

 

[Jpoandl]

You should learn the proper terminology. In windows 2000 domains there is nothing called a "BDC" unless you are in mixed mode.

I am assuming that you are NOT in mixed mode because you said that you can not use DCPROMO to remove the domain controller. (This implies that you are trying to remove a Windows 2000 OS domain controller.)

This is how you remove a Window 2000 domain controller from AD: (only use this is dcpromo is not an option..I've done this is my test lab and it works great. As always, make sure you have a backup of your domain.)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q216498

Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

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[Jpoandl]

You should learn the proper terminology. In windows 2000 domains there is nothing called a "BDC" unless you are in mixed mode.

I am assuming that you are NOT in mixed mode because you said that you can not use DCPROMO to remove the domain controller. (This implies that you are trying to remove a Windows 2000 OS domain controller.)

This is how you remove a Window 2000 domain controller from AD: (only use this is dcpromo is not an option..I've done this is my test lab and it works great. As always, make sure you have a backup of your domain.)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q216498

If its just a Windows Nt 4.0 domain controller, you can go into Active Directory Users and Computers, highligh Domain controllers, and delete your NT 4.0 domain controller (right click and delete) Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

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[BabylonDrifter]

Sorry for the confusion, yes I am running in Mixed Mode and it is an NT 4 BDC. My statement about using Dcpromo on a NT 4 server I agree dose not make since in retrospect, I thru it in so no one would just post with "use Dcpromo".

I an unable to delete the object from AD, Domain Controllers I get the following error : The DSA object cannot be deleted.



I have read the article you have pointed me will this work for a NT 4 BDC as well, the article seems to be more for a failed 2000 DC Demotion.

Thanks

Charles

 

[Jpoandl]

I think this article would work for you. However, I am not positive. I have only tested this on removing Windows 2000 DC's.

You should make sure that you have a good backup of you domain.

You can go into the utility and play around with it before making changes. Maybe by doing this, you will be able to tell if this will help you. This article describes how to remove unwanted objects from Active Directory...i think it will help.. Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

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[GlenJohnson]

I had a similar problem with a W2K server. We tried to upgrade, and it failed. Nothing we did could fix it. It somehow picked up the admin password and none of the users could log on unless we gave them the admin password, where in the past, they got on seamlessly with their own password. Since the application data was on a different hard drive, and the O/S was on the C:\ drive, I just f-disked the c:\ drive and re-installed it as a stand alone server. (Of course I had an extra server standing around and I moved all the application data over to the new server, and had the users use it on the new server. Good luck. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional

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