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When we try to force the demoting of an AD Domain Controller we keep getting the error below
The operation failed because:
Failed to prepare for or remove the sysvol replication
the operation identifier is not valid
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Much simpler to use the GUI to remove.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/step-by-step-manually-removing-a-domain-controller-server/ba-p/280564
Make sure the MMC is connected to a healthy domain controller. Change Domain Controller if needed
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The simplest solution may be to remove the failed one from network then perform some cleanup to remove remnants.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/deploy/ad-ds-metadata-cleanup
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/step-by-step-manually-removing-a-domain-controller-server/ba-p/280564
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Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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C:\Windows\system32>ntdsutil
ntdsutil: metadata cleanup
metadata cleanup: remove selected server TF-DC1
Binding to localhost ...
Connected to localhost using credentials of locally logged on user.
LDAP error 0x22(34 (Invalid DN Syntax).
Ldap extended error message is 0000208F: NameErr: DSID-03100232, problem 2006 (BAD_NAME), data 8350, best match of:
'CN=Ntds Settings,TF-DC1'
Win32 error returned is 0x208f(The object name has bad syntax.)
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Unable to determine the domain hosted by the Active Directory Domain Controller (5). Please use the connection menu to specify it.
C:\Windows\system32>ntdsutil
ntdsutil: metadata cleanup
metadata cleanup: connections
server connections: connect to server tf-dc1
Binding to tf-dc1 ...
DsBindWithSpnExW error 0x5(Access is denied.)
ldap_search for attribute supportedCapabilities failed with 0x59(89 (Parameter Error).
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server connections:
The new DC does not see the old one since we removed everything from sites and services and users and computers
Ok, sounds like you're good to go.
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Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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