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Samuel_Caunt
Jul 26, 2022Copper Contributor
Discovery nTDSDSA Objects with no matching Discovered DC
Hi All, I recently decommissioned some domain controllers and migrated to them to new servers, however when i demoted one of the DC's it said it had worked however under sites and services the D...
Samuel_Caunt
Jul 27, 2022Copper Contributor
Hi Alban,
Are there any good guides that would walk me through this process?
Also i guess my other question is, does leaving in place this cause me any harm?
Regards
Sam
Are there any good guides that would walk me through this process?
Also i guess my other question is, does leaving in place this cause me any harm?
Regards
Sam
LainRobertson
Jul 28, 2022Silver Contributor
Given that the object is living within the LostAndFoundConfig container and not in the operational area under Sites, you should be able to see it just fine.
Just make sure you're connecting to the Configuration partition and not the default naming context. That would be the only reason I can think of for not being able to find the object listed in your picture.
If you're looking for something official, this is the closest to the money.
Fail to delete orphaned NTDS Settings - Windows Server | Microsoft Docs
Cheers,
Lain
- Alban1999Aug 01, 2022Iron ContributorHello Samuel_Caunt,
LainRobertson replied before me and explained in details how to clean up such items. Thanks to him !
Anyway I don not think it should trigger issues for day-to-day operations, but it's better to fix it before heavier operations like migrations.