So, our task is to learn how to easily and simply transfer roles between domain controllers. All of the operations listed below are performed on a domain controller (you need to connect to the one you are transferring the role to).
Don't forget that after transferring a role, some time is needed for all of the enterprise's domain controllers to "find out" about the changes in the domain.
Transferring the Schema Master roleOpen CMD (Start -> Run -> "CMD" -> OK).
Enter:
ntdsutil
and the ntdsutil utility opens with its own command line. In it, enter:
roles <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: connection <ENTER>
server connections: connect to server <name_of_controller_to_transfer_role_to> <ENTER>
server connections type: quit <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: transfer schema master <ENTER>
That's it, the role has been transferred.
Transferring the Domain Naming Master roleOpen CMD (Start -> Run -> "CMD" -> OK).
Enter:
ntdsutil
and the ntdsutil utility opens with its own command line. In it, enter:
roles <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: connection <ENTER>
server connections: connect to server <name_of_controller_to_transfer_role_to> <ENTER>
server connections type: quit <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: transfer domain naming master <ENTER>
Transferring the Infrastructure Master roleOpen CMD (Start -> Run -> "CMD" -> OK).
Enter:
ntdsutil
and the ntdsutil utility opens with its own command line. In it, enter:
roles <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: connection <ENTER>
server connections: connect to server <name_of_controller_to_transfer_role_to> <ENTER>
server connections type: quit <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: transfer infrastructure master <ENTER>
Transferring the PDC Emulator roleOpen CMD (Start -> Run -> "CMD" -> OK).
Enter:
ntdsutil
and the ntdsutil utility opens with its own command line. In it, enter:
roles <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: connection <ENTER>
server connections: connect to server <name_of_controller_to_transfer_role_to> <ENTER>
server connections type: quit <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: transfer PDC <ENTER>
Transferring the RID Master roleOpen CMD (Start -> Run -> "CMD" -> OK).
Enter:
ntdsutil
and the ntdsutil utility opens with its own command line. In it, enter:
roles <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: connection <ENTER>
server connections: connect to server <name_of_controller_to_transfer_role_to> <ENTER>
server connections type: quit <ENTER>
fsmo maintenance: transfer RID master <ENTER>
That's it. It's that simple - you don't even need to run around GUI tabs (for some reason Microsoft scattered the role transfer tools around the GUI in all sorts of different places... but through the command-line utility you can transfer roles without any hassle).
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