Re: Demoting BDC holding Infrastructure FSMO in SBS 2003 Domain

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Cris Hanna (SBS-MVP) wrote:
If somehow this has managed to happen, you might quite possible end up with a complete rebuild
SBS must, be design and fuctionality, be the first server at the root of the AD Forest/Domain and so it must hold the FSMO roles

If someone has somehow managed to move them to another server and keep the SBS server running...well lets just say it shouldn't and the SBS server should be complaining all over the place

You try to transfer them back using the tools and techniques outlined in Technet for transferring the FSMO roles

But you have better make sure you have a verifiable tested complete backup or image of your SBS server

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"lucasno1" <lucasno1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1155815449.482787.134390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Cris,

Thanks for the Response

From what I understand the Infrastructure FSMO shouldn't be on a Global
Catalogue server which the SBS box is (and the BDC is not).

What are the risks of transferring the role back?

Thanks

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