Recipe 11.3 Deleting a Site
11.3.1 Problem
You want to
delete a site.
11.3.2 Solution
11.3.2.1 Using a graphical user interface
Open the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in. Click on the Sites container. In the right pane, right-click the site
you want to delete and select Delete. Click Yes twice.
11.3.2.2 Using a command-line interface
> dsrm <SiteDN> -subtree -noprompt
11.3.2.3 Using VBScript
' This code deletes a site and all child containers.
' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strSiteName = "<SiteName>" ' e.g. Dallas
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
set objSite = GetObject("LDAP://cn=" & strSiteName & ",cn=sites," & _
objRootDSE.Get("configurationNamingContext") )
objSite.DeleteObject(0)
WScript.Echo "Successfully deleted site " & strSiteName
11.3.3 Discussion
When deleting a site, be very careful to ensure that no active
server objects exist within it. If you delete a
site that contains domain controllers, it will disrupt replication
for all domain controllers in that site. A more robust VBScript
solution would be to first perform an ADO query for all
server objects using the distinguished name of the
site as the base DN. If no servers were returned, then you could
safely delete the site. If server objects were
found, you should move them before deleting the site.
It is also worth noting that deleting a site does not delete any of
the subnets or site links that were associated with the site. This
would be another good thing to add to the VBScript solution. That is,
before you delete the site, delete any subnets and site links that
are associated with site.
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