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FIGURE 5-16 The Ntdsutil.exe sequence for database defragmentation
Cleaning up metadata
With each new version of Windows Server, Active Directory has gotten better at cleaning up
lingering metadata from decommissioned domain controllers. With Windows Server 2012 R2,
deleting a domain controller that is no longer available usually doesn't leave any lingering
server metadata, but this cleanup requires intervention in some circumstances.
Using active Directory Users and Computers
If you have to forcibly remove a domain controller that is no longer available, you can use
Active Directory Users and Computers to do metadata cleanup. To clean up metadata with
Active Directory Users and Computers, follow these steps:
Select Domain Controllers in the console tree, right-click the computer object of the
domain controller for which you want to clean up the metadata, and click Delete.
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2. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
The Deleting Domain Controller dialog box (see Figure 5-17) warns you that you
should run the Remove Roles And Features Wizard in Server Manager to remove the
domain controller from the domain.
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