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    • GreyG
      Grey @wirestyle22
      last edited by

      @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

      ForestDNSZone

      I'm trying to do this now and my ADSI edit doesn't show the ForestDNSZone. Assuming my TLD/Domain was contoso.com, I should be plugging in this, right? No worky... Not sure why.
      http://i.imgur.com/hvqjF5V.png

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      • wirestyle22W
        wirestyle22 @Grey
        last edited by

        @Grey said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

        @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

        ForestDNSZone

        I'm trying to do this now and my ADSI edit doesn't show the ForestDNSZone. Assuming my TLD/Domain was contoso.com, I should be plugging in this, right? No worky... Not sure why.
        http://i.imgur.com/hvqjF5V.png

        Are you working on a single domain or one root domain with multiple subdomains?

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        • GreyG
          Grey @wirestyle22
          last edited by Grey

          @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

          @Grey said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

          @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

          ForestDNSZone

          I'm trying to do this now and my ADSI edit doesn't show the ForestDNSZone. Assuming my TLD/Domain was contoso.com, I should be plugging in this, right? No worky... Not sure why.
          http://i.imgur.com/hvqjF5V.png

          Are you working on a single domain or one root domain with multiple subdomains?

          Single root. No subdomains.

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          • wirestyle22W
            wirestyle22 @Grey
            last edited by wirestyle22

            @Grey said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

            @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

            @Grey said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

            @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

            ForestDNSZone

            I'm trying to do this now and my ADSI edit doesn't show the ForestDNSZone. Assuming my TLD/Domain was contoso.com, I should be plugging in this, right? No worky... Not sure why.
            http://i.imgur.com/hvqjF5V.png

            Are you working on a single domain or one root domain with multiple subdomains?

            Single root. No subdomains.

            Your screenshot looks right to me. What does it say when you click OK

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            • GreyG
              Grey @wirestyle22
              last edited by

              @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

              @Grey said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

              @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

              @Grey said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

              @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

              ForestDNSZone

              I'm trying to do this now and my ADSI edit doesn't show the ForestDNSZone. Assuming my TLD/Domain was contoso.com, I should be plugging in this, right? No worky... Not sure why.
              http://i.imgur.com/hvqjF5V.png

              Are you working on a single domain or one root domain with multiple subdomains?

              Single root. No subdomains.

              Your screenshot looks right to me. What does it say when you click OK

              http://i.imgur.com/nB2MKxB.png

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              • wirestyle22W
                wirestyle22 @Grey
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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22
                  last edited by wirestyle22

                  Do you see any DC's listed in the computer dropdown shown below? Might need to manually select a server. It should be able to see itself.

                  0_1491509098605_etc.jpg

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                  • GreyG
                    Grey @wirestyle22
                    last edited by

                    @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

                    Do you see any DC's listed in the computer dropdown shown below? Might need to manually select a server. It should be able to see itself.

                    0_1491509098605_etc.jpg

                    Yup. Oddly, not all of them. Out of 1 RODC and 5 DCs, only 2 show in the dropdown.

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                    • wirestyle22W
                      wirestyle22 @Grey
                      last edited by wirestyle22

                      @Grey You don't even want to know what my network looks like. It's held together by bubblegum

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                      • dafyreD
                        dafyre @wirestyle22
                        last edited by

                        @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

                        @Grey You don't even want to know what my network looks like. It's held together by bubblegum

                        You don't even have duct tape? It's time for an upgrade!

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                        • GreyG
                          Grey @wirestyle22
                          last edited by

                          @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

                          @Grey You don't even want to know what my network looks like. It's held together by bubblegum

                          I just want to get to the root cause of the FSMO error you mentioned at first. I'm doing a dcpromo to remove a DC and getting the 'missing mandatory information' yet I can see that my FSMO/RID/etc. roles are all being handled by the proper server through the ntdsutil, AD sites & services and in the various other AD tools. The only thing left to determine is what is in my scheme or something that's not providing the detail for the dcpromo tool. I know that I can run it with a /force switch, but I'd rather find the root cause so I have an answer instead of a workaround.

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                          • GreyG
                            Grey @wirestyle22
                            last edited by

                            @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

                            @Grey said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

                            @wirestyle22 said in Error Demoting Domain Controller:

                            ForestDNSZone

                            I'm trying to do this now and my ADSI edit doesn't show the ForestDNSZone. Assuming my TLD/Domain was contoso.com, I should be plugging in this, right? No worky... Not sure why.
                            http://i.imgur.com/hvqjF5V.png

                            Are you working on a single domain or one root domain with multiple subdomains?

                            (*&@^$(@ Thing. Apparently, you need spaces in between the commas. This is dumb, though. Some places, this doesn't matter and others, you can't have spaces, and then this requires a space. Stupid thing.

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