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Recipe 3.3 Demoting a Domain Controller3.3.1 ProblemYou want to demote a domain controller from a domain. If you want to decommission a domain controller due to lack of use or change in architecture, you'll need to follow these demotion procedures. 3.3.2 Solution3.3.2.1 Using a graphical user interface
3.3.3 DiscussionBefore demoting a domain controller, ensure that all of the FSMO roles have been transferred to other servers; otherwise, they will be transferred to random domain controllers that may not be optimal for your installation. Also, if the server is a global catalog, ensure that other global catalog servers exist in the forest that can handle the load. It is important to demote a server before decommissioning or rebuilding it so that its associated objects in Active Directory are removed, its DNS locator resource records are dynamically removed, and replication with the other domain controllers is not interrupted. If a domain controller does not successfully demote, or if you do not get the chance to demote it because of failed hardware, see Recipe 3.6 for manually removing a domain controller from Active Directory. 3.3.4 See AlsoRecipe 3.6 for removing an unsuccessfully demoted domain controller, Recipe 3.17 for disabling the global catalog, Recipe 3.26 for transferring FSMO roles, MS KB 238369 (HOW TO: Promote and Demote Domain Controllers in Windows 2000), and MS KB 307304 (HOW TO: Remove Active Directory with the Dcpromo Tool in Windows 2000) |
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