Recovering Windows Server 2003 Domain Controllers
When a Windows Server 2003 domain controller fails, the administrator needs to either recover this server or understand how to completely and properly remove this domain controller from the domain. The following are some questions to consider:
Did this domain controller host any of the domain or forest Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles?
Was this domain controller a Global Catalog (GC) server, and, if so, was it the only GC in a single Active Directory site?
If the server failed due to Active Directory corruption, has the corruption been replicated to other domain controllers?
Is this server a replication hub or bridgehead server for Active Directory site replication?
Using the preceding ...
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