active directory replication

[rasczak]

is there a command to turn off active directory replication?

i had two boxes running 2k3 server. each running active directory, with replication running between them both. problem is one box went dead, and now i am left with one box. how do i turn off AD replication? is it possible or will it do it automatically for me?

 

[djdrastic]

First off did the second server have any specific roles etc ?


DO NOT DELETE THE ACCOUNT until you have some sort of idea what fsmo roles are hosted on which servers on your network

 

[nweaver]

Yes, you need to find roles, and pray it was either not your GC, or your GC is replicated correctly.

 

[rasczak]

i'm not worried about deleting anything as since this is my home network.

no, no other roles were assigned to that DC, it was strictly there for AD replication. and no this is not the one with the Global Catalogue, that box is still up and running.

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: nweaver
Yes, you need to find roles, and pray it was either not your GC, or your GC is replicated correctly.

Can't you simply enable the GC on another DC and reboot that server?

 

[GreyMittens]

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: nweaver
Yes, you need to find roles, and pray it was either not your GC, or your GC is replicated correctly.

Can't you simply enable the GC on another DC and reboot that server?

No, there are some specific roles that are assigned to the very first DC in an AD domain that only that computer has. If that pc crapped out, the other pc would have to sieze control of those roles.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255504

To remove the dead machine, if you cannot use DCPromo to demote it (assuming the box doesn't even boot) then you must remove it via adsi on the functioning dc:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;216498


gm

 

[rasczak]

thanks i'll work on it tonite.

 

[spyordie007]

GreyMittens links are correct. Since you didnt loose the GC the process should be reletivily painless in your case.

 

[stash]

Since you didnt loose the GC the process should be reletivily painless in your case.

If it was a GC, that wouldn't have made the process any worse. Just enable the GC on the remaining server. Since it's a single domain, generating a new GC (partial replica) is a quick process.

The main issue is FSMO roles, which GreyMittens covered.

 

[spyordie007]

Since it's a single domain, generating a new GC (partial replica) is a quick process.

Good point.

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: STaSh

Since you didnt loose the GC the process should be reletivily painless in your case.

If it was a GC, that wouldn't have made the process any worse. Just enable the GC on the remaining server. Since it's a single domain, generating a new GC (partial replica) is a quick process.

The main issue is FSMO roles, which GreyMittens covered.

Yeah, that's what I had thought.

 

[rasczak]

worked like a charm. thanks very much guys.