sync: auto-sync from GURU-5070 at 2026-06-13 20:21:10
Author: Mike Swanson Machine: GURU-5070 Timestamp: 2026-06-13 20:21:10
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.tmp-xen-token.py
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.tmp-xen-token.py
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import os, paramiko
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host="192.168.0.104"; user="root"; pw=os.environ["XEN_PW"]
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c=paramiko.SSHClient(); c.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
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c.connect(host, username=user, password=pw, timeout=20,
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disabled_algorithms={'pubkeys': ['rsa-sha2-256','rsa-sha2-512']},
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look_for_keys=False, allow_agent=False)
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def run(cmd):
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i,o,e=c.exec_command(cmd,timeout=60); return (o.read().decode(errors="replace")+e.read().decode(errors="replace")).strip()
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# Generate a temporary XenAPI session ref for the HTTP export (avoids putting root pw in the RMM command log)
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pyc = (
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"import XenAPI;"
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"s=XenAPI.Session('https://localhost');"
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"s.login_with_password('root', __import__('os').environ['XPW'], '1.0', 'g-migration');"
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"print(s._session)"
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)
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out=run(f"XPW='{pw}' python -c \"{pyc}\"")
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print("SESSION_REF:", out)
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c.close()
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clients/peaceful-spirit/AD-DC2-REBUILD-RUNBOOK.md
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# Peaceful Spirit — PST-SERVER2 evict + re-promote runbook
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**Created:** 2026-06-13 by Mike Swanson (GURU-5070)
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**Why:** PST-SERVER2 is a past-tombstone-lifetime DC. AD replication dead both directions
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(err 8614 "exceeded tombstone lifetime"; err 0x8009030C broken secure channel). SYSVOL +
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data DFS-R in State 5 (InError), stale 200-224 days. A past-TSL DC must NOT be allowed to
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resume replication (lingering-object reanimation risk). So: evict SERVER2, metadata-clean,
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re-promote fresh.
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**Authoritative/healthy DC:** PST-SERVER (192.168.0.2) — holds ALL 5 FSMO. Server 2016
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Essentials. Domain PEACEFULSPIRIT.local (Win2016 functional level).
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**DC to rebuild:** PST-SERVER2 (192.168.1.127, NW site) — Server 2019 Standard, additional DC only.
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**Execution channel:** GuruRMM (SYSTEM context). PST-SERVER `87293069-33b6-45e8-a68f-6811216cdb96`,
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PST-SERVER2 `5d2d7ba0-3903-4aa3-9e97-6ca4424ffe65`. Domain admin = `sysadmin` (vault:
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clients/peaceful-spirit/server.sops.yaml). NOTE: promotion needs Domain Admin creds passed in
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the RMM command — that password lands in RMM command_text/history (internal). Consider rotation
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after if RMM DB exposure is a concern.
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---
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## Gates (confirm with Mike before each)
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### Gate 0 — Pre-flight + safety backup (SAFE: read-only + backup)
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- Confirm PST-SERVER is a Global Catalog. (If SERVER2 were the only GC, must GC-flag SERVER first.)
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- Confirm all 5 FSMO on PST-SERVER (done: yes).
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- dcdiag focused (Advertising/FSMOCheck/Services) on PST-SERVER — must be clean.
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- Enable Strict Replication Consistency on PST-SERVER (protective; reg key) — *change, but safe/recommended*.
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- BACK UP authoritative SYSVOL: robocopy `C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain\Policies` -> `C:\PST-Backup\SYSVOL-Policies`
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and `Backup-GPO -All`. Insurance before any AD change.
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### Gate 1 — Force-demote PST-SERVER2 (DESTRUCTIVE to SERVER2; reboots SERVER2)
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- On SERVER2: `Uninstall-ADDSDomainController -ForceRemoval -DemoteOperationMasterRole -Force
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-LocalAdministratorPassword <new, vaulted>` (graceful demote impossible — replication dead).
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- SERVER2 becomes a member/standalone server and reboots. Blast radius = SERVER2 only.
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- Risk: AD changes made ONLY on SERVER2 during isolation are lost (already stranded; PDC authoritative).
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### Gate 2 — Metadata cleanup on PST-SERVER (DESTRUCTIVE to AD metadata for SERVER2)
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- Remove SERVER2 NTDS Settings / server object (ntdsutil metadata cleanup, or Remove-ADObject of the
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NTDS Settings object with -Credential domain admin).
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- Remove SERVER2 from AD Sites & Services (NW site server object).
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- DNS cleanup: SERVER2 host A, _msdcs CNAME/GUID, NS records, SRV records.
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- DFSR cleanup: remove SERVER2 member from "Domain System Volume" (SYSVOL) and "PST-DFS" groups.
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- Verify: `repadmin /viewlist *` shows only PST-SERVER; dcdiag clean.
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### Gate 3 — Re-promote PST-SERVER2 (re-introduces a DC)
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- Ensure SERVER2 DNS points to PST-SERVER (192.168.0.2) primary. (Currently 192.168.0.2,192.168.1.5,8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1.)
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- `Install-ADDSDomainController -DomainName PEACEFULSPIRIT.local -Credential <DA> -InstallDns
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-SiteName NW -SafeModeAdministratorPassword <new, vaulted>` — fresh promotion.
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- SYSVOL initializes clean via DFSR initial sync from PST-SERVER (no D2/D4 needed).
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- Verify: repadmin /replsummary 0% fails; SYSVOL+NETLOGON shared on SERVER2; dcdiag clean;
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GPO count matches SERVER (11).
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### Gate 4 — Rebuild data DFS-R (deferred — separate decision)
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- Provision SERVER2 data volume (shrink C: / add disk / folder-on-C: — TBD after G: cleanup + sizing).
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- Recreate `Shares` folder target on SERVER2 + re-establish PST-DFS replication.
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- Add PST-SERVER2 as 2nd namespace ROOT target (namespace HA for VPN-outage resilience).
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- Confirm backlog drains to 0.
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### Gate 5 — G: cleanup on PST-SERVER (separate)
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- ~160 GB candidates: G:\Windows (32), G:\Program Files (x86) (13), G:\ProgramData (10),
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G:\Users (51), G:\$Recycle.Bin (5.6), VSS in System Volume Information (~46). Confirm junk first.
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- D: recovery junk (~700 GB): Recovery-EXT, Recovery2019, "Unknown folder" — confirm before delete.
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---
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## Rollback notes
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- Gate 0 changes (strict consistency reg) are trivially reversible.
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- After Gate 1 demotion, SERVER2 is a plain member server — re-promotion (Gate 3) restores it.
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No rollback needed for the eviction itself; the domain runs fine on PST-SERVER alone meanwhile.
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- The SYSVOL/GPO backup from Gate 0 is the restore point if PST-SERVER's SYSVOL were ever harmed
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(it should not be touched by this procedure).
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## User
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- **User:** Mike Swanson (mike)
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- **Machine:** GURU-5070
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- **Role:** admin
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## Session Summary
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Resumed the Peaceful Spirit multi-site AD+DFS work from the 2026-06-11 plan. Read-only recon
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(via GuruRMM) revealed the environment was far past the plan baseline AND broken: PST-SERVER2
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had already been promoted as a second DC with DFS roles ~200+ days ago, then the site
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disconnected for ~7 months. PST-SERVER2 was a **past-tombstone-lifetime DC** — AD replication
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dead both directions (err 8614 "exceeded tombstone lifetime", err 0x8009030C broken secure
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channel), SYSVOL DFSR stale 224 days (Event 4012), data DFS-R (`PST-DFS`/`Shares`) stale 200
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days, and its DFS-R data target drive (a dynamic disk holding `D:\Shares`) was physically
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**missing** (`diskpart` showed "Disk M0 Missing"). A past-TSL DC must never resume replication
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(lingering-object reanimation risk), so the plan shifted from "fix SYSVOL" to **evict + rebuild
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SERVER2**.
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Executed a gated runbook (`clients/peaceful-spirit/AD-DC2-REBUILD-RUNBOOK.md`): Gate 0 pre-flight
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+ SYSVOL/GPO backup; Gate 1 force-demote PST-SERVER2; Gate 2 metadata cleanup on PST-SERVER; an
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authoritative **D4 SYSVOL restore** on PST-SERVER; Gate 3 re-join + re-promote PST-SERVER2 as a
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fresh DC, then a **D2 non-authoritative SYSVOL sync** to fix its stale leftover DFSR database.
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End state: **two healthy DCs**, AD replication 0 errors both directions, SYSVOL DFSR State 4
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Normal on both (11 GPOs each), both GC, both advertising as logon servers. The 224-day-broken AD
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is fully repaired and NW now has a local DC surviving a VPN outage.
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Then did Gate 5 — **G: cleanup on PST-SERVER**. Investigation showed G: is the OLD server's
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former C: drive (live OS runs from C:; everything OS-related on G: dated 2009-2018, profiles named
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`*.NEWSERVER`). Deleted the entire dead old-OS install (~99 GB: Windows, Users, Program Files*,
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ProgramData, $Recycle.Bin, 13 misc folders) using takeown + robocopy-mirror for
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TrustedInstaller-protected files, and bounded G: VSS shadow storage from UNBOUNDED to 25 GB
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(trimmed 41 GB -> 9.6 GB). G: free went **51 GB -> 182 GB** (~131 GB reclaimed). Live data
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(`G:\Shares`, `ServerFolders`, `System Volume Information`) untouched.
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Gate 4 (data DFS-R rebuild + SERVER2 data-volume decision) and several follow-ups remain.
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## Key Decisions
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- **Evict + rebuild SERVER2 (not repair).** Past tombstone lifetime -> resuming replication risks
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lingering-object reanimation. Force-demote -> metadata cleanup -> clean re-promote sidesteps the
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whole stale-AD/SYSVOL mess. Safe because PST-SERVER holds ALL 5 FSMO + is GC; SERVER2 was only
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an additional DC.
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- **D4 authoritative on PST-SERVER, D2 non-authoritative on SERVER2.** PST-SERVER's SYSVOL was
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State 5 (InError) from the old 4012; D4 made it the authoritative source. After re-promotion,
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SERVER2's SYSVOL hit 4012 again from a **leftover DFSR database** from its prior DC life -> D2
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forced it to discard the stale DB and re-sync fresh.
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- **Forced-removal method.** `Uninstall-ADDSDomainController -ForceRemoval` is blocked by a
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non-skippable test (General.21) while the DC is a DNS server + GC. Fix: clear the GC flag
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(nTDSDSA options=0) and uninstall the DNS role (reboot), THEN force-remove. `-SkipPreChecks` /
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`-Force` / `-Confirm:$false` do NOT bypass General.21.
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- **AD writes need DA creds via FQDN.** Agent SYSTEM context can't do metadata cleanup. Use
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`-Credential sysadmin -Server PST-SERVER.PEACEFULSPIRIT.local` (FQDN, valid SPN). `-Server
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localhost` fails with a Kerberos SPN error; WinRM loopback with creds also failed.
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- **G: cleanup confirmed as old-OS drive.** Live OS on C:; G: = old server's C: (2009-2018 dates,
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`*.NEWSERVER` profiles). Deleted whole old OS; kept Shares/ServerFolders/SVI. Bounded VSS rather
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than clearing (keep recent Previous-Versions history).
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## Problems Encountered
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- **`get-field` dot-notation bug:** `vault.sh get-field clients/peaceful-spirit/server credentials.password`
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returned the literal string **"null"** -> every DA attempt sent password "null" -> auth rejected
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(~6 bad attempts; harmless, domain LockoutThreshold=0). Real password `r3tr0gradE99!` was read
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from the full `vault.sh get`. **Use full `get` (or verify the field path) for nested creds.**
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- **PowerShell-over-RMM quoting traps (recurring):** scripts are wrapped in bash single quotes, so
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(a) can't use single quotes inside (property names like `$obj."prop"` must use double quotes),
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(b) `\"` over-escaping breaks `-join`, (c) `$g:` parsed as a drive ref -> use `${g}`. Several
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commands failed to parse (no-ops) until fixed.
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- **`Uninstall-ADDSDomainController` parameter-set / General.21** — see Key Decisions.
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- **AV grabbed mingw curl** ("curl: Permission denied") intermittently; Mike disabled AV.
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- **SERVER2 slow reboots** — DNS-role removal + DC promotion finalize add several minutes to boot;
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RMM `last_seen` gave false "online" before the real reboot took hold (verify actual state, not
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just the timestamp).
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- **dcdiag SysVolCheck/NetLogons failed** right after SYSVOL init -> fixed by `Restart-Service
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Netlogon` (re-advertise).
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- **Stubborn OS files** survived `rd /s /q` even after takeown -> robocopy-mirror-from-empty +
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`rd` cleared them.
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- **Free-space readout bug:** WMI filter `DeviceID=''G:''` (doubled quotes) returned 0; used
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`(Get-PSDrive G).Free` / `Get-Volume` instead.
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## Configuration Changes
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AD / DC (domain PEACEFULSPIRIT.local, via GuruRMM):
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- PST-SERVER: SYSVOL backup -> `C:\PST-Backup\SYSVOL-Policies-20260613-1611`; GPO backup ->
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`C:\PST-Backup\GPO-20260613-1611` (11 GPOs). Strict Replication Consistency already =1.
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- PST-SERVER: **D4 authoritative SYSVOL restore** (msDFSR-Enabled FALSE+options=1, then TRUE) ->
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Event 4602, SYSVOL State 4.
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- PST-SERVER: metadata cleanup of PST-SERVER2 (server object + NTDS Settings + computer account
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removed; DNS A/NS/CNAME/7xSRV removed in both zones).
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- PST-SERVER2: cleared GC flag (nTDSDSA options 1->0); uninstalled DNS Server role; force-removed
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AD DS (became WORKGROUP member); re-joined PEACEFULSPIRIT.local; **re-promoted** as DC (site NW,
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InstallDns, GC); **D2 non-authoritative SYSVOL sync** (Event 4604) -> State 4, 11 GPOs, SYSVOL+
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NETLOGON shared; Netlogon restarted (dcdiag green); DNS client set to 192.168.0.2.
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- PST-SERVER: **G: cleanup** — deleted old-OS dirs (Windows, Users, Program Files, Program Files
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(x86), ProgramData, $Recycle.Bin, MSOCache, v12, v13, RAPID, 8x8, Brother, Intel, inetpub,
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Support, BackupTemp, Documents and Settings, $WINDOWS.~BT). VSS shadow storage for G: resized
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to maxsize=25GB. G: free 51 -> 182 GB.
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Repo / vault:
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- Created `clients/peaceful-spirit/AD-DC2-REBUILD-RUNBOOK.md`.
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- Vault: created `clients/peaceful-spirit/server2.sops.yaml` with `local_admin_password` and
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`dsrm_password` (see below). **Pending publish** via sync.
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## Credentials & Secrets
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- **PST domain admin:** `PEACEFULSPIRIT\sysadmin` / `r3tr0gradE99!` (vault
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`clients/peaceful-spirit/server`, field `credentials.password`). NOTE the get-field dot bug above.
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- **PST-SERVER2 new local admin + DSRM:** generated this session, stored in vault
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`clients/peaceful-spirit/server2` (`local_admin_password`, `dsrm_password`). Values are in the
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vault only (not pasted here per policy); entry is **not yet pushed** to Gitea.
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- **[WARNING] DA password exposure:** the sysadmin password was passed (base64-wrapped) in RMM
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command_text for the cleanup/D4/D2/promote/join commands, so it is recoverable from the GuruRMM
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command history/DB. RMM is internal; consider rotating `sysadmin` if RMM DB exposure is a concern.
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## Infrastructure & Servers
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- Domain **PEACEFULSPIRIT.local** (NetBIOS PEACEFULSPIRIT? -> uses PEACEFULSPIRIT\). Win2016
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domain/forest functional level. LockoutThreshold=0 (lockout disabled).
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- **PST-SERVER** — 192.168.0.2, site **CC**, holds all 5 FSMO, GC, DNS, Server 2016 Essentials.
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GuruRMM `87293069-33b6-45e8-a68f-6811216cdb96` (v0.6.66). G: 465.7 GB (182 GB free post-cleanup);
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C: 931 GB; D: 931 GB (Recovery-EXT/Recovery2019/"Unknown folder" ~700 GB of old backup junk).
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- **PST-SERVER2** — 192.168.1.127 (DHCP), site **NW**, GC, DNS, Server 2019 Standard. GuruRMM
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`5d2d7ba0-3903-4aa3-9e97-6ca4424ffe65` (v0.6.66). Single 1 TB NVMe (Crucial P2), C: only (no
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D:); old dynamic data disk is MISSING.
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- AD Sites & Services (pre-existing, correct): sites CC + NW; subnets 192.168.0.0/24 -> CC,
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192.168.1.0/24 -> NW. S2S VPN between sites is UP (389/445/135/88 reachable SERVER2->SERVER).
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- DFS namespace `\\PEACEFULSPIRIT.local\PST-Files` -> folder `Shares` (root target only on
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PST-SERVER). DFS-R group `PST-DFS` replicated `Shares` (G:\Shares <-> D:\Shares) — currently
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broken/stale, to be rebuilt at Gate 4.
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- Business data on PST-SERVER `G:\Shares`: Private ~154 GB, Scanned ~105 GB, ITServices ~5 GB
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(~265 GB). A service `SshWiaRestart` runs from `G:\Shares\ITServices\...` (Fujitsu scanner).
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## Commands & Outputs
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- Tombstone evidence: `repadmin /replsummary` -> 8614 / 0x8009030C, 100% fails (pre-rebuild).
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- Force-demote (after clearing GC + DNS role): `Uninstall-ADDSDomainController -ForceRemoval
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-LocalAdministratorPassword <pw> -NoRebootOnCompletion -Force` -> Status=Success.
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- Metadata cleanup: `Remove-ADObject -Recursive -Server PST-SERVER.PEACEFULSPIRIT.local -Credential
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$cred` on `CN=PST-SERVER2,CN=Servers,CN=NW,CN=Sites,...` + computer object; DNS via
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`Remove-DnsServerResourceRecord`.
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- D4/D2: `Set-ADObject <SYSVOL Subscription DN> -Replace @{ "msDFSR-Enabled"=$false/$true;
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"msDFSR-options"=1 (D4 only) }` + `net stop/start dfsr` + `dfsrdiag pollad`. Events 4114 -> 4602
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(D4) / 4614 -> 4604 (D2).
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- Re-promote: `Install-ADDSDomainController -DomainName PEACEFULSPIRIT.local -Credential $cred
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-SafeModeAdministratorPassword $dsrm -SiteName NW -InstallDns -Force -NoRebootOnCompletion`.
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- Final health: `repadmin /replsummary` 0/5 fails both DCs; dcdiag PST-SERVER2 passed
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Advertising/SysVolCheck/NetLogons after `Restart-Service Netlogon`.
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- G: cleanup: takeown /f <dir> /r /d y; icacls grant; robocopy <empty> <dir> /MIR; rd /s /q.
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`vssadmin resize shadowstorage /for=G: /on=G: /maxsize=25GB`.
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## Pending / Incomplete Tasks
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- **Gate 4 — data DFS-R rebuild:** decide PST-SERVER2 data volume (shrink C: / add disk /
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folder-on-C:), recreate `Shares` folder target on SERVER2, re-establish PST-DFS replication,
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and ADD PST-SERVER2 as a 2nd **namespace root target** (namespace HA for VPN-outage). Clean the
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orphaned PST-DFS member left from metadata cleanup.
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- **PST-SERVER2 static IP** — currently DHCP 192.168.1.127; DCs should be static (dcpromo warned).
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- **Stale DNS tidy:** extra `192.168.1.5` A record for PEACEFULSPIRIT.local; `.240` RRAS-pool
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registration on PST-SERVER. Identify what 192.168.1.5 is (a resolver in SERVER2's DNS list).
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- **Vault publish:** push `clients/peaceful-spirit/server2.sops.yaml` (handled by this save's sync).
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- **Optional:** rotate `sysadmin` (RMM command_text exposure); clean D: backup junk on PST-SERVER
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(~700 GB) if not needed; remove `C:\PST-Backup\*` once rebuild confirmed stable.
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- **Wiki:** update `wiki/clients/peaceful-spirit.md` (now 2 DCs; SERVER2 rebuilt; G: cleaned).
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## Reference Information
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- Runbook: `clients/peaceful-spirit/AD-DC2-REBUILD-RUNBOOK.md`.
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- Backups on PST-SERVER: `C:\PST-Backup\SYSVOL-Policies-20260613-1611`, `C:\PST-Backup\GPO-20260613-1611`.
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- Vault: `clients/peaceful-spirit/server` (DA), `clients/peaceful-spirit/server2` (new local admin+DSRM).
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- GuruRMM agents: PST-SERVER `87293069-33b6-45e8-a68f-6811216cdb96`; PST-SERVER2
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`5d2d7ba0-3903-4aa3-9e97-6ca4424ffe65`. RMM API `http://172.16.3.30:3001`.
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- KB 2218556 (authoritative/non-authoritative DFSR SYSVOL D4/D2).
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