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If the existing FSMO role holders are still online, then the recommended approach is to do a graceful transfer of those roles. &nbsp;If those DCs are not available and you don't plan on ever bringing them back online (for example: they have had a hardware failure and are out of commission) then you can seize the roles. &nbsp;See the following document from Microsoft on both methods.<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504</a><br />

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If the existing FSMO role holders are still online, then the recommended approach is to do a graceful transfer of those roles.  If those DCs are not available and you don't plan on ever bringing them back online (for example: they have had a hardware failure and are out of commission) then you can seize the roles.  See the following document from Microsoft on both methods.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504]


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I have to do a 'graceful&quot; transfer because they are still on line. &nbsp;I plan to take them down one at a time rebuild them and give the roles back to my DC01 server. I'm not sure what a graceful transfer is but i'm thinking is just a general transfer.
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I have to do a 'graceful" transfer because they are still on line.  I plan to take them down one at a time rebuild them and give the roles back to my DC01 server. I'm not sure what a graceful transfer is but i'm thinking is just a general transfer.

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What version of windows are the existing DCs that hold the roles?
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What version of windows are the existing DCs that hold the roles?

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Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.
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I'm upgrading my domain to 2008 and i have to redo my DC's. &nbsp;I've added a 2008 DC and I now need to seize all the FSMO roles. &nbsp;Can someone point me in the direction of instructions for the commands? &nbsp;
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I'm upgrading my domain to 2008 and i have to redo my DC's.  I've added a 2008 DC and I now need to seize all the FSMO roles.  Can someone point me in the direction of instructions for the commands?  

Seizing FSMO Roles from a 2003 DC to a 2008 DC

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.