Decommisioning Stand Alone Enterprise CA

Hi,

Background: Server 2003 network. Server 2003 server.

I recently decommisioned an Exchange server that apparently was a stand
alone enterprise CA. After the machine was shut off there apeared errors in
the event logs of DCs saying that autoenrollment could not take place because
it could not contact the server that was decommissioned. The computer account
still exisits on the network but it's disabled. How do I properly decommision
this server with this role? I'm sure that this feature was not used but was
experimented with by a previous admin. Thanks for the help.

TKE402

 

Hello tke402,

Check out this articles:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889250

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555151

I think the second one is more your choice.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi,
>
> Background: Server 2003 network. Server 2003 server.
>
> I recently decommisioned an Exchange server that apparently was a
> stand alone enterprise CA. After the machine was shut off there
> apeared errors in the event logs of DCs saying that autoenrollment
> could not take place because it could not contact the server that was
> decommissioned. The computer account still exisits on the network but
> it's disabled. How do I properly decommision this server with this
> role? I'm sure that this feature was not used but was experimented
> with by a previous admin. Thanks for the help.
>
> TKE402
>