Error while Transferring FSMO Roles

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We currently have 2 DCs in our domain. We are planning to add a 3rd and then
demote the oldest DC.

The old DC that we want to demote has the Operations master roles for the
domain. (multi-domain forest).

Before the cutover and demotion of the old server we wanted to transfer the
FSMO roles to the 2nd DC in our domain.

While transferring the Infrastructure Role we receive this error:
The Infrastructure operations master role should not be transferred to a gc
server.

The server we want to transfer the role to is indeed a GC. But...the server
we want to transfer from is also a GC. In fact, all DCs in our forest are GCs.

Since the old server that we want to transfer roles from and the new server
that we want to transfer roles to are both GCs....is it okay to go ahead and
transfer the roles?

Thanks...

gonnabokay
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