Updating FSMO roles when a domain controller crashes
Hi,
I'm currently in a test environment with two Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers which are both configured as GCs and DNS servers. The first DC has all FSMO roles transferred to it. I pull the power cord on the first DC, and I am trying to get my test environment up and running.
I am thinking the first thing I should do is transfer all the FSMO roles, but when I try to change the Active Directory Domain Controller under Active Directory Schema to the second DC, I get the error message:
"The schema FSMO holder could not be found. Schema modifications can only be made on the schema FSMO holder"
That makes sense and all, but since in theory, the schema FSMO holder just blew up, how am I supposed to now transfer this role and all the other roles?
Thanks!
Jamie
I'm currently in a test environment with two Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers which are both configured as GCs and DNS servers. The first DC has all FSMO roles transferred to it. I pull the power cord on the first DC, and I am trying to get my test environment up and running.
I am thinking the first thing I should do is transfer all the FSMO roles, but when I try to change the Active Directory Domain Controller under Active Directory Schema to the second DC, I get the error message:
"The schema FSMO holder could not be found. Schema modifications can only be made on the schema FSMO holder"
That makes sense and all, but since in theory, the schema FSMO holder just blew up, how am I supposed to now transfer this role and all the other roles?
Thanks!
Jamie
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>>Do not put the Infrastructure master role on the same domain controller as the global catalog server.
This is only valid in a multi domain forest.
The METADATA cleanup will also work with 2008 R2 although with R2 this can be done by simply deleting the domain controller from Active Directory Users and Computers
This is only valid in a multi domain forest.
The METADATA cleanup will also work with 2008 R2 although with R2 this can be done by simply deleting the domain controller from Active Directory Users and Computers
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Two follow-up questions to this:
--The article tells me that I should use this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498/ in order to remove the dead server from Active Directory. This article is for 2003. Should these steps also apply to 2008 R2?
--In the article it also mentions:
Do not put the Infrastructure master role on the same domain controller as the global catalog server. If the Infrastructure master runs on a global catalog server it stops updating object information because it does not contain any references to objects that it does not hold. This is because a global catalog server holds a partial replica of every object in the forest.
Is this something I should be concerned about? I've always had my DC set up with GC and as a infrastructure master, and never had a problem with it.
Thanks,