Removing a Non Extent Microsoft Windows Domain Controllers
In this tutorial I will guide you through how to use ntdsutil to remove a non existent domain controller. As an example if you have a domain controller that has been powered off and disconnected from the network, you will be able to use this guide to remove it from your active directory.
In this lab, vmdc1.vmlab.local is my working domain controller and vmdc2.vmlab.local is the domain controller I wish to remove from active directory.
Using NTDSUTIL
1. Open a Command Prompt with Run as Administrator privileges.
2. Type in ntdsutil
3. metadata cleanup
4. connections
5. connect to server vmdc1
6. q
7. select operation target
8. list domains
9. select domain 0
10. list sites
11. select site 0
12. list servers in site
13. select server 1
14. q
15. remove selected server






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