In Exchange MMC choose the "Server configuration", rightclick the server name in the right pane and choose properties "System settings", here the GC should be shown, at least the new ones and as the old ones still exist they also. Can be that you got an error during demoting at the beginning, then uncheck the Global catalog on that DC and try again. Hi Asha,. Please also have a look at this article:. Demote a domain controller. To be more specific we have installed windows server R2 additional domain controller in existing windows server DC.
Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Can I point old dc host name dns A record to new server new ip? Or would that dns issues? I could be wrong, been a while since I last demoted a 2k3 server. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks.
Popular Topics in Windows Server. Because forced demotion causes the loss of any locally held changes, use it only as a last resort in production or test domains. You can forcibly demote domain controllers when connectivity, name resolution, authentication, or replication engine dependencies cannot be resolved so that graceful demotion can be performed.
Valid scenarios for forced demotions include the following:. There are no domain controllers currently available in the parent domain when you try to demote the last domain controller in an immediate child domain. The Active Directory Installation Wizard cannot complete because there is a name resolution, authentication, replication engine, or Active Directory object dependency that you cannot resolve after you perform detailed troubleshooting.
A domain controller has not replicated incoming Active Directory changes in Tombstone Lifetime Default Tombstone Lifetime is 60 days number of days for one or more naming contexts.
Do not recover such domain controllers unless they are the only chance of recovery for a particular domain. Time does not permit more detailed troubleshooting because you must immediately bring into service the domain controller. Forced demotions may be useful in lab and classroom environments where you can remove domain controllers out of existing domains, yet you do not have to demote each domain controller serially.
If you force the demotion of a domain controller, you will lose any unique changes that reside in the Active Directory of the domain controller that you are forcibly demoting. Additionally, you will lose changes to any one of the attributes on these objects, such as passwords for users, computers, and trust relationships and group membership.
However, if you force the demotion of a domain controller, you return the operating system to a state that is the same as the successful demotion of the last domain controller in a domain service start values, installed services, use of a registry based SAM for the account database, computer is a member of a workgroup.
Programs that are installed on the demoted domain controller remain installed. For example: The System event log identifies forcibly demoted Windows Server domain controllers by event ID The following are items that you must address, if applicable, after forcibly demoting a domain controller:.
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