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  • We have two redundant domain controller servers of Win server 2003(server1 , server2) .
  • Recently server1 got crashed (Complete Harddisk failure)
  • Inserted new harddisk, Imported Acronics image backup of server2 into server1.
  • Changed the IP address of server1 => OK
  • Trying to change the name of Server => throwing error messagethat name is already available
  • Guess need to remove the Server1 name from AD.
  • when trying to remove using DCPROMO => throwing error message(not able to remove from AD) " I want rename to server1, with all the AD configurations intact(client machines) and to work both server in redundant mode " Kindly suggest me how to proceed on this?

Thanks in advance.

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First, you failed here:

Inserted new harddisk, Imported Acronics image backup of server2 into server1.

DON'T DO THAT. Get a Windows 2003 installation CD and install from scratch. Join it to the domain with a completely new name. Then promote it to a domain controller.

Once you've done that, you can follow these steps: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/216498

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