NTDSUTIL-Orphan Domain/DC Cleanup

NTDSUTIL – Orphan Domain/DC Cleanup The following commands should be run to cleanup orphan domains and domain controllers. The examples given are from a previous execution of this utility. At the command prompt, type ntdsutil ntdsutil: metadata cleanup metadata cleanup: connections server connections: connect to server yourserver.yourdomain.com (i.e. the root forest domain controller) Binding to yourserver.yourdomain.com ……. Connected to yourserver.yourdomain.com using credentials of locally logged on user server connections: quit (You are now connected to the domain controller) metadata cleanup: select operation target select operation target: list domains (lists all domains in the forest) Found 7 domains(s) 0 – DC=yourserver,DC=yourdomain,DC=com 1 – DC=……….. (listing of all domains in the forest) select operation target: select domain x ( where x is the number of the domain to be deleted and/ or where the domain controller to be deleted is located) No current site Domain – DC=….. No current server No Current Naming Context select operation target: list sites Found 1 site(s) 0 – CN=yoursite,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=yourserver,DC=yourdomain,DC=com select operation target: select site x (where x is the number of the site where the domain and/or the domain controller to be deleted is located) Site - CN=yoursite,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=yourserver,DC=yourdomain,DC=com Domain – DC=…….. No current sserver No current Naming Context select operation target: list servers in site Found 6 server(s) 0 – CN=……… 1 – CN=………. (listing of all servers found in the site selected) select operation target: select server x (where x is the number of the server to be deleted from the list displayed in the previous operation) Site - CN=yoursite,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=yourserver,DC=yourdomain,DC=com Domain – DC=…… Server – CN=……. DSA object – CN=NTDS Settings,CN=…….. (display of the domain, server and settings for the domain controller to be deleted) No current Naming Context select operation target: quit metadata cleanup: remove selected server “CN=……..” server being removed (A popup window is also displayed verifying you really want to delete this domain controller) removed from server “yourserver.yourdomain.com” (verifies the removal of the domain controller) metadata cleanup: remove selected domain “DC=…….” removed from server “yourserver.yourdomain.com” (verifies the removal of the domain) metadata cleanup: quit ntdsutil: quit Disconnecting from …………