Hi all,
I am trying to demote a Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller. When I run dcpromo and go through the steps to demote it end with the error:
The operation failed because: Active Directory Domain Services could not transfer the remaining data in the directory partition.
I've checked the FSMO roles and they are all on the correct DC which is staying and not being removed.
I've also checked the event log and get the following errors. Does anyone have an easy step by step way of correcting this?
The operations master roles held by this directory server could not transfer to the following remote directory server.
Remote directory server:
\\Servername.domainname.com
This is preventing removal of this directory server. ------
Ownership of the following FSMO role is set to a server which is deleted or does not exist.
Operations which require contacting a FSMO operation master will fail until this condition is corrected.
FSMO Role: CN=Infrastructure,DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=domainname,DC=com
FSMO Server DN: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:f2dc2791-2596-4619-891f-fbb7b74d8ab7,CN=SERVER2\0ADEL:f1430942-c7c6-4938-97a3-4a68e65cbdca,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=domainname,DC=com