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12.04.2008 at 09:31AM PST, ID: 23957535
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Fixing a corrupt active directory database: Promote new DC and demote broken one?

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Microsoft, Windows Server 2003, 2003

I have two domain controllers: DC1 and DC2. DC2 has a corrupted active directory database; DC1 is fine. I have a backup for DC2, but I am pretty sure it was taken after the corruption occurred.

I would like to attempt to fix this by doing the following:

1) Promote a server from the farm to a DC.
2) Demote DC2

Is this acceptable?

Thank you.
Answered By: dariusg
Expert Since: 04/25/2008
Accepted Solutions: 641
dariusg has been an Expert for 8 months, during which he has posted 3734 comments and answered 641 questions. dariusg is just one of 3622 experts in the Active Directory Zone. 1 expert collaborated on this answer, which was graded an "A" by the asker.
 
 
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