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How to remove active directory DS role after failing to demote server?
Hey guys, I have an active directory domain services server role installed on a server that I want to remove, but it won't let me remove it because demotion fails, this is the only domain control...
What's in the %SystemRoot%\Debug\dcpromo.log ?
This is what I see:
01/31/2020 11:13:16 [ERROR] Failed to find a DC for domain example.com: 1355
01/31/2020 11:13:16 [ERROR] Failed to find a domain controller for example.com: 1355
01/31/2020 11:13:16 [INFO] Error - A domain controller could not be contacted for the domain example.com that contained an account for this computer. Make the computer a member of a workgroup then rejoin the domain before retrying the promotion.
(1355)I tried to unjoin the domain, but it's all greyed out (maybe because it's a domain controller)
- Please run;
- Dcdiag /v /c /d /e /s:%computername% >c:\dcdiag.log
- repadmin /showrepl >C:\repl.txt
- ipconfig /all > C:\dc1.txt
then put unzipped text files up on OneDrive and share a link.
Here it is: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Av244T63eJ79inTth7r2ter7iUYi?e=FOVk9g
I have renamed the domain to example on all of them (that's the only change)
