Can't remove old SBS 2003 DC Mats W 12/30/2008 3:03:01 PM I've migrated an SBS-2003 to new hw according to "Migrating Windows Small Business Server 2003 to New Hardware" (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc747454.aspx), everything went fine except when I got to the last step "To create an alias" of the old server name on page 32 when it failed. I demoted and disconnected the old server from the domain and as I thought the problem was that the old server was still present in AD. But when I did so the server wasn't removed from the AD, instead it's there with a red cross over it. I can re-add the old server to the domain and then it appears in AD, but if I try to delete the server from AD then this can't be done due to "Access is denied". Other servers/workstations on the network can be deleted but not this one. I've tried to reset the machine password with netdom on the old server, but it failes as the server is not a DC. Any clue how I can get rid of the old server, so that I hopefully can create an alias of it?

Re: Can't remove old SBS 2003 DC "kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS[ at ]SPAMFREE.gmail.com> 12/30/2008 4:12:55 PM Mats W wrote: [Quoted Text] > I've migrated an SBS-2003 to new hw according to "Migrating Windows > Small Business Server 2003 to New Hardware" > (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc747454.aspx), > everything went fine except when I got to the last step "To create an > alias" of the old server name on page 32 when it failed. > I demoted and disconnected the old server from the domain and as I > thought the problem was that the old server was still present in AD. > But when I did so the server wasn't removed from the AD, instead it's > there with a red cross over it. > I can re-add the old server to the domain and then it appears in AD, > but if I try to delete the server from AD then this can't be done due > to "Access is denied". > Other servers/workstations on the network can be deleted but not this > one. I've tried to reset the machine password with netdom on the old > server, but it failes as the server is not a DC. > Any clue how I can get rid of the old server, so that I hopefully can > create an alias of it? You need to manually clean it up from AD using metadata cleanup; http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736378.aspx -- /kj

Re: Can't remove old SBS 2003 DC Mats W 12/30/2008 6:38:05 PM Tried it but it doesn't work. ntdsutil returns "Directory object not found" on metadata cleanup: remove selected server CN=TOR,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=WIKAB,DC=local I used LDP to determine the DN of the old server, and it shows CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=WIKAB,DC=local CN=HERMOD,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=WIKAB,DC=local CN=NTDS Settings,CN=HERMOD,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=WIKAB,DC=local CN=TOR,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=WIKAB,DC=local CN=Exchange Settings,CN=TOR,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=WIKAB,DC=local If I follow the pre-SP1 procedure below, then the command "list servers in site" just lists the new server HERMOD, and the reason may be that the entry for the old server TOR is for Exchange settings and not NTDS. Is there some way to clean up Exchange settings? "kj [SBS MVP]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Mats W wrote: > > I've migrated an SBS-2003 to new hw according to "Migrating Windows > > Small Business Server 2003 to New Hardware" > > (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc747454.aspx), > > everything went fine except when I got to the last step "To create an > > alias" of the old server name on page 32 when it failed. > > I demoted and disconnected the old server from the domain and as I > > thought the problem was that the old server was still present in AD. > > But when I did so the server wasn't removed from the AD, instead it's > > there with a red cross over it. > > I can re-add the old server to the domain and then it appears in AD, > > but if I try to delete the server from AD then this can't be done due > > to "Access is denied". > > Other servers/workstations on the network can be deleted but not this > > one. I've tried to reset the machine password with netdom on the old > > server, but it failes as the server is not a DC. > > Any clue how I can get rid of the old server, so that I hopefully can > > create an alias of it? > > You need to manually clean it up from AD using metadata cleanup; > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736378.aspx > > > -- > /kj > > >