ntdsutil help for metadata cleanup

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I have 1 a/c dc with all 5 roles on it, as I seized the roles since my first
dc is off and will stay that way. I do have the first one in my list of sites
and dsa however and when I try to delete it I get the "The DSA object cannot
be deleted" message. I try to run a ntdsutil and do the following:

Start, run ntdsutil.
metadata cleanup
connections
connect to server first2k (all good)
quit
select operation target
select server second2k (error 80070057 parsing input - illegal syntax)
same on select domain or select site
I do list domains and I get my test2.local domain

Any thoughts?

 

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NTDSUtil in 2K is somewhat rigid. Try
http://www.readymaids.com/Portals/1/Docs/xferfsmos.htm.

HTH

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Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
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>I have 1 a/c dc with all 5 roles on it, as I seized the roles since my
>first
> dc is off and will stay that way. I do have the first one in my list of
> sites
> and dsa however and when I try to delete it I get the "The DSA object
> cannot
> be deleted" message. I try to run a ntdsutil and do the following:
>
> Start, run ntdsutil.
> metadata cleanup
> connections
> connect to server first2k (all good)
> quit
> select operation target
> select server second2k (error 80070057 parsing input - illegal syntax)
> same on select domain or select site
> I do list domains and I get my test2.local domain
>
> Any thoughts?

 

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Thank you very much Deji Akomolafe. I was stuck at not selecting the site,
then domain, then server, I was trying to get to the server directly but
did'nt find it since I had to connect to sites and domains first (as the
target, I could connect to my active server okay). thank you for you info, I
deleted my dead server and its thanks to you.

"Deji Akomolafe" wrote:

> NTDSUtil in 2K is somewhat rigid. Try
> http://www.readymaids.com/Portals/1/Docs/xferfsmos.htm.
>
> HTH
>
> --
>
> Sincerely,
> Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I
> Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
> www.readymaids.com - we know IT
> www.akomolafe.com
> Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about
> Yesterday? -anon
> "NetNewsNow" <NetNewsNow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2FAE736B-906A-4F3A-9DA4-B9FE454EA9DD@microsoft.com...
> >I have 1 a/c dc with all 5 roles on it, as I seized the roles since my
> >first
> > dc is off and will stay that way. I do have the first one in my list of
> > sites
> > and dsa however and when I try to delete it I get the "The DSA object
> > cannot
> > be deleted" message. I try to run a ntdsutil and do the following:
> >
> > Start, run ntdsutil.
> > metadata cleanup
> > connections
> > connect to server first2k (all good)
> > quit
> > select operation target
> > select server second2k (error 80070057 parsing input - illegal syntax)
> > same on select domain or select site
> > I do list domains and I get my test2.local domain
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>
>
>