FSMO Roles

[rflanary]

Can FSMO Roles be moved between servers at anytime? Is this something that i can do during the day?

 

[GrimR]

Yes, and Yes

 

[markdmac]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801

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[rflanary]

Thanks I seen that document. I just wanted to know if it would hurt anything to do the transfer during the day.

 

[markdmac]

No, it is transparent to the users and no reboots are required.

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[rflanary]

Transfering Infrastructure Master FSMO. It gives me this warning about Transfering DC is a GC. All domain controllers in my domain are global catalog servers. Will this be a problem?

 

[markdmac]

No

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[rflanary]

Thanks all for your help. I have successfully transfered all my roles to the new server. How long should i wait before running DCPromo on the old server after i have transfered the roles?

 

[markdmac]

15 minutes.

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[rflanary]

What should i check before i remove the old DC with dcpromo? It has DNS and WINS installed. I have moved those over to the new server.

I have pointed all the clients to the new server as well.

 

[markdmac]

DHCP, DNS, WINS, GC, FSMO, Printers, File Shares, RRAS, IIS, DFS and Shared Fax are all I can think of.

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[58sniper]

Since you moved the PDC Emulator role, make sure the new holder of that role is syncing its time to an external source.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP

 

[rflanary]

Okay today i removed the old DC as a DC by DCPromo. Everything seems fine after demotion. However the old DC still shows up in AD Sites and Services. However it is not in the domain controllers group anymore.

Any ideas can i just remove it. I have not restarted the new DC yet. I would not think i would have to.

 

[markdmac]

Yes delete from sites and services.

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[rflanary]

Thanks for everyone's help. I do have a couple more questions. One For some reason i have a DC that is old one that still shows up under the domain controllers group its called test. I did not put it there. Probably from a previous admin. I have not tried to right click and delete it. It does not appear anywhere else. Would i be better off using the metadata cleanup? if so what is the proper way to run metadata cleanup on an old dc?

 

[58sniper]

Where does it show up? In ADUC? If so, just right click on it and delete it.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP

 

[markdmac]

Run the script at the end of my FAQ: faq96-4733

That will display all of the server that are listed in the metadata as DCs. You can then remove it by typing the name to remove it instead of having to use the many steps of NTDSUTIL.


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Mark

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