[Samba] Remove stale DRS replication partner

[lingpanda101]

On 6/26/2017 2:43 PM, Johannes Engel via samba wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> After (almost) successfully removing a dead DC from my domain I am left
> with only one visible symptom:
> samba-tool drs showrepl shows two stale outbound link for one of the
> remaining 2 DCs:
> DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=subdom,DC=mydom,DC=com
>          NTDS DN: CN=NTDS
> Settings\0ADEL:09210f3d-dab9-4a69-92ca-b11e93845367,CN=DC3\0ADEL:591e8395-a414-4bca-99a0-8cb195417493,CN=Servers,CN=Location,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=subdom,DC=mydom,DC=com
>                  DSA object GUID: 09210f3d-dab9-4a69-92ca-b11e93845367
>                  Last attempt @ Mon Jun 26 17:26:27 2017 CEST failed, result
> 2 (WERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
>                  2001797 consecutive failure(s).
>                  Last success @ Sat Jan  7 15:22:31 2017 CET
>
> I tried already the samba-tool emergency way using
> DC2# samba-tool domain demote
> --remove-other-dead-server=09210f3d-dab9-4a69-92ca-b11e93845367
> ERROR: Demote failed: DemoteException: 09210f3d-dab9-4a69-92ca-b11e93845367
> is not an AD DC in subdom.mydom.com
>
> Same using the server's name instead of the GUID.
> How can I remove this connection from the replication?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Best regards
> Johannes

You can remove the orphaned NTDS connection using Windows Sites and 
Services application.

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James