Re: FSMO health

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From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/06/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:07:57 -0400

Santhosh,

lets not forget our friend 'netdom query fsmo'. ;-)

Cary

"Santhosh Sivarajan" <Santhosh.Sivarajan@ins.com> wrote in message
news:%23GtvcZ9GEHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> You can find the FSMO roles using NTDS utils or REPLMON.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255690
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;234790
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;235617
>
> --
> Santhosh Sivarajan
> MCSE(W2K/NT4),MCSA(W2K3/W2K/MSG),CCNA,Network+
>
> "Herb Martin" <news@LearnQuick.com> wrote in message
> news:%23KxYzb5GEHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > "saravanan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B1755BDB-4E4C-4D90-8F18-1316126AA56C@microsoft.com...
> > > Is there any tools to check the health and troubleshoot FSMO roles.
For
> > example, when I ran dcdiag on my DC, i got an error stating that my PDC
> > emulator is down. How to I check and rectify this problem. Any available
> > tools
> >
> > DCDiag does this but you seem to have discovered that it
> > gives the status of the FSMO roles.
> >
> > Rectifying is easy (perhaps tedious though) -- either return
> > the missing role holder to the net or (IF permantly lost) use
> > NTDSUtil roles to SEIZE the role.
> >
> > Note: seizing a role is SERIOUS -- never return the original
> > role holder to the network (any longer than it takes to DCPromo
> > remove it) after performing a seize.
> >
> > You can subsequently re-DCPromo it if you wish it to again be
> > a DC.
> >
> > --
> > Herb Martin
> >
> >
>
>

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