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I have DC5 and DC6 in a forest. Both were installed with an eval copy of server which we later found out cannot be upgraded to retail. Found procedure to convert to retail copy. Did dc6 first DC5 was the fsmo master of all things. Successfuly converted dc6 licensing and reinstalled AD DS and promoted it to domain controller. Checked DNS replication - good to go. Checked sites and domains - both domain controllers have green icon by them. All looks well. Credentials screen pops up as expected, but this time says "No other domain controller could be contacted, but other domain controller objects are in the directory.
If you are certain this is the last domain controller for the domain and want to proceed, confirm that this is the last domain controller in the domain" and two possible check boxes to check, or not, -- force the removal, and the last domain controller check boxes. Can I NOT check the boxes to force removal or that its the last one in the domain and will i be fine??
Or what are the ramifications or effects of removing this domain controller with this message present. I have users, DNS, on this domain and one file server. REgarding directions for converting to retail copy But maybe this is a problem? Did you check if both DCs are replicating all data? It may be that they are not up to date then you are getting such msg.
Christianity offers to solve a problem of its own making! Would you be thankful to a person who cut you with a knife in order to sell you a bandage? Looks like these 2 DCs are not replicating. You need to resolve this issue first. Also, what procedure did you use to covert Eval to Full version?
Thanks for the responses all. I attached the files asked for.. Also, doing a net share does not show sysvol or netlogon on DC8 so users cannot authenticate against DC8. Please note, since my original question on jun 20th I have done the following. Took DC6 out of the AD and uninstalled it and its metadata.
Also, in our other forest also a new forest and running eval copies , we have exact same issues. Netlogon and sysvol are not present during net share, can't authenticate against them, etc. Please let me know if I can provide anything else. I took AD DS off of them, demoted the server, removed metadata, licensed the server, and readded them to Active directory. I also tried to add a new domain controller to the mix, but same thing.
One forum said to use the servers own IP, another said to use the other domain controllers IP as first, and its own as 2nd, etc. I will do as you suggest by demoting, cleaning metadata, and following the website for readding it.
I was using the same password for the local admin account as what is the domain admin's password. When promoting a server to domain controller is this an issue? Can the passwords be the same? We are trying it again with a different local password. I would ask you to upload the above mentioned files again for verifying.
Meinolf - I reran the tools and put them in this location. Logs with a 2 in the name are on the 1st domain controller we installed, and without the 2 in the name is the 2nd domain controller that we have licensed but cannot readd correctly. Its all server In our other forest we are having the same problem. Thanks kindly for taking the time to look at these files. I am having the same exact issue as you do. Have you solved this problem? Also, my first eval expired, now I have rearmed the license for another days, but time is running out and I can't figure a way to fix this.
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Asked by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Thanks in advance for any solutions or ideas. Thursday, June 20, PM. Thursday, July 4, PM. Friday, July 5, AM. Friday, July 5, PM. Tuesday, July 9, PM. Thanks Santhosh I took AD DS off of them, demoted the server, removed metadata, licensed the server, and readded them to Active directory.
Also - I downloaded and ran the adreplstatus - I didn't include the log file - but all the sync messages for both domain controllers say "the operation completed successfully" - there are 5 different partitions it was ran on it looks like Forgot to make public - here is new link.
Followed closely the step for demoting the DC and carefully cleaned up metadata, then followed your doc for readding it. I changed the DNS to point to the other domain controller. I went into two different place in asdiedit. I then promote it with its only DNS as the other domain controller and everything promoted fine. No luck. Same errors basically - no netlogon share. I just wonder what I am doing wrong here.
Unfortunately my licensing expires July 26th. This is a new microsoft network. Our licensing wasn't ordered in time for us to start the project, so thought we could convert the servers to retail later. Then we found out we could not and the network is in production. Wednesday, July 10, PM. Meinolf I was using the same password for the local admin account as what is the domain admin's password.
Hello, passwords are not an issue here. Wednesday, July 17, PM. Hi, I am having the same exact issue as you do. Please let me know if you have resolved your issue and how. Thanks, Shuja Najmee. Monday, January 20, AM.
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