On 22/07/19 13:01, Rowland penny via samba wrote:> You could try restarting Samba, this should recreate any caches, but I > think you will need to remove DC2. There are two ways of doing this, > manually with ldbdel etc or starting climbing the Samba versions until > you get to a point that you can backup everything and be able to run > the demote with '--remove-other-dead-server' > > RowlandMy restore has been successful and I'm back to square one - a clean single DC not trying to replicate anywhere. The only place I can still see DC2 being referred to in Active Directory Users and Computers -> Domain Controllers. When I try to delete it from the list I'm presented with attached prompt. Is it safe to proceed and try using Windows AD tools to complete the cleanup?
On 23/07/2019 16:00, Adam Weremczuk via samba wrote:> My restore has been successful and I'm back to square one - a clean > single DC not trying to replicate anywhere. > The only place I can still see DC2 being referred to in Active > Directory Users and Computers -> Domain Controllers. > When I try to delete it from the list I'm presented with attached prompt. > Is it safe to proceed and try using Windows AD tools to complete the > cleanup?Do you want to post it somewhere and then provide a link, this list strips attachments. Rowland
On 23/07/19 16:04, Rowland penny via samba wrote:> Do you want to post it somewhere and then provide a link, this list > strips attachments. > > Rowland >Not my post but my prompt is identical: https://www.dtonias.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/forced-removal-domain-controller-metadata-cleanup-03.png