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How to remove decommissioned Domain Controller from Auditing & Alerting | Agents -
Description
How to remove an orphaned or decommissioned (DC) Domain Controller from Auditing & Alerting | Agents. -
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Resolution 1
In the example below, the highlighted domain controller was decommissioned without uninstalling the audit agent first.
How to remove the decommissioned domain controller from the audit agents list:
From the "More" drop-down menu, select "Excluded Domain Controllers".
Add the decommissioned server to the "Excluded" list:
Refresh the audit agents page, and the excluded decommissioned domain controller will no longer appear:
Resolution 2
This option allows you to remove the decommissioned domain controller via SQL.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Verify that there is a current backup copy of the database before making any changes.
- Log onto the SQL server and launch SQL Server Management Studio.
- Expand "Databases" and then expand the Active Administrator database.
- Expand "Tables".
- Right click on the "tblComputer" table and select "Edit Top 200 Rows".
- Locate the decommissioned DC record.
- Change the "IsInstalled" value from "True" to "False".
- Click on another record in the tblComputer table to save the change.
- Close the tblComputer table.
- Logoff the SQL instance.
- Exit the SQL Server Management Studio.
- Re-launch the Active Administrator Console.
- Expand "Auditing & Alerting | Agents"
The decommissioned DC should no longer appear in the Agents list.
