This issue came up during a dcpromo failure on a windows 2008r2 server. I know I can forcibly remove but I am trying to get to the root cause. I noticed the below event in directory services log. The issue is there is no server named CMPS6 as indicated below. Im guessing it was a previous DC possibly ungracefully removed. I have only been to this site since March
This always happens when i try to run DCpromo on CMDCAxx1 then I get the AD DS cannot transfer the remaining data in directory partition .... the directory is missing mandatory configuration....
netdom /query FSMO shows correct results
DCDiag basic scan all pass
Dnsdiag all pass
Would this be a DNS issue? I did find the bad entry under forestdnszones and domaindnszones and In AD sites and services CMPS6 is under servers but no NTDS entried
Safe to remove from DNS? or is a metadata cleanup needed or any other diag tools?
event log below
Task Category: Replication
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: ANONYMOUS LOGON
Computer: CMDCAxx1.clementmanor.com
Description:
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=DomainDnsZones,DC=clementmanor,DC=com
FSMO Server DN: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:a060d7dc-34a6-45a8-8a72-c7ffac019f5d,CN=CMPS6,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=clementmanor,DC=com
Thanks
Craig
Craig