Server 2008 Metadata Cleanup

After failed DCPromo we always had to perform metadata cleanup, meaning go to .DIT database and take out the information related to failed DC and let it rep0licated to all other DC's within the Forest/Domain

Remember Steps below (-: from old version of Windows

1. Open a command prompt.
   
2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
   
3. ntdsutil
   
4. At the ntdsutil: prompt, type:
   
5. metadata cleanup
   
6. Perform metadata cleanup as follows
   
7. At the metadata cleanup: prompt, type:
   connection
   
8. At the server connections: prompt, type:
   connect to server Server
   
9. At the server connections: prompt, type:
   quit
   
10. At the metadata cleanup: prompt, type:
    select operation target
    
11. At the select operation target: prompt, type:
    list sites
    A numbered list of sites appears.
    
12. At the select operation target: prompt, type:
    select site SiteNumber
    
13. At the select operation target: prompt, type:
    list domains in site
    A numbered list of domains in the selected site appears.
    
14. At the select operation target: prompt, type:
    select domain DomainNumber
    
15. At the select operation target: prompt, type:
    list servers in site
    A numbered list of servers in a domain and site appears.
    
16. At the select operation target: prompt, type:
    select server ServerNumber
    
17. At the select operation target: prompt, type:
    quit
    
18. At the metadata cleanup: prompt, type:
    remove selected server
    

Now much afford involved getting the same work done in windows 2008?

• Find the domain controller
  
• Right-click on the DC, and then select Delete.
  
• The checkbox on the bottom will forcefully delete the domain controller from Active Directory, which is same as metadata cleanup.

Dont you love windows 2008 (-:

--Oz Ozugurlu

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