Re: Transfer the forest-Level Operations Master Roles

From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:44:20 -0000

"Stuart" <Stuart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ADEC2AC7-CDEF-4B33-A1B0-D454A59C8430@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to decommission a DC and have been following the steps required
> from Technet but have crossed a stumbling block. It will not allow me to
> transfer the Domain Naming Master or the Schema Master to the proposed new
> DC.
>
> I have tried this two ways:
> 1. Via Operations Manager
> 2. Via dcpromo to decommission the current DC
>
> By using the operations manager i get the following message:
> "The transfer of the operations master role cannot be performed because:
> The requested FSMO operation failed. The current FSMO holder could not be
> contacted" (Even though the current FSMO holder is the server I am running
> the Op Manager from)
>
> By using the dcpromo i get the following message:
> "The directory service was unable to transfer ownership of one or more
> floating single-master roles to the other servers"
>
> All tests (netdiag /test:dns) pass successfully as does verifying
> communication with other DC and Verify the existance of operations
> masters.
>
> What am i missing?

You are missing the third way of transferring the roles - Just seize them
using the ntdsutil command line
However you should really solve the underlying problem before a direct
seizure. 

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"Stuart" <Stuart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:ADEC2AC7-CDEF-4B33-A1B0-D454A59C8430@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to decommission a DC and have been following the steps required
> from Technet but have crossed a stumbling block. It will not allow me to
> transfer the Domain Naming Master or the Schema Master to the proposed new 
> DC.
>
> I have tried this two ways:
> 1. Via Operations Manager
> 2. Via dcpromo to decommission the current DC
>
> By using the operations manager i get the following message:
> "The transfer of the operations master role cannot be performed because:
> The requested FSMO operation failed. The current FSMO holder could not be
> contacted" (Even though the current FSMO holder is the server I am running
> the Op Manager from)
>
> By using the dcpromo i get the following message:
> "The directory service was unable to transfer ownership of one or more
> floating single-master roles to the other servers"
>
> All tests (netdiag /test:dns) pass successfully as does verifying
> communication with other DC and Verify the existance of operations 
> masters.
>
> What am i missing?
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