{"id":1401,"date":"2011-11-14T20:35:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T20:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obieta.com\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2011-11-14T20:35:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T20:35:16","slug":"transferring-fsmo-roles-in-windows-server-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/?p=1401","title":{"rendered":"Transferring FSMO Roles in Windows Server 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

The five\u00a0FSMO roles<\/strong> are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Schema Master
    <\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Domain Naming Master
    <\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Infrastructure Master
    <\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Relative ID (RID) Master
    <\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. PDC Emulator<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The FSMO roles are going to be transferred, using the following three MMC snap-ins :<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Active Directory Schema snap-in<\/strong> : Will be used to transfer the\u00a0Schema Master role<\/strong>
      <\/span><\/li>\n
    • Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in<\/strong> : Will be used to transfer the\u00a0Domain Naming Master role
      <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in<\/strong> : Will be used to transfer the\u00a0RID Master<\/strong>,\u00a0PDC Emulator<\/strong>, and\u00a0Infrastructure Master roles<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Note: The following steps are done on the Windows Server 2008 machine that I intend to set as the roles holder ( transfer the roles to it )<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Lets start transferring the FSMO roles.<\/p>\n

        \n
      • Using <\/strong>Active Directory Schema snap-in to transfer the Schema Master role\n

        <\/strong>You have to register\u00a0schmmgmt.dll<\/strong> in order to be able to use the\u00a0Active Directory Schema snap-in<\/strong>
        <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          \n
        1. Click\u00a0Start<\/strong> >\u00a0Run\n

          <\/strong><\/li>\n

        2. Type\u00a0regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

          <\/strong><\/li>\n

        3. Click\u00a0OK\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

          <\/strong>A popup message will confirm that\u00a0schmmgmt.dll<\/strong> was successfully registered. Click\u00a0OK<\/p>\n

          <\/strong><\/li>\n

        4. Click\u00a0Start <\/strong>>\u00a0Run<\/strong>, type\u00a0mmc<\/strong>, then click\u00a0OK\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

          <\/strong><\/li>\n

        5. Click\u00a0File<\/strong> > then click\u00a0Add\/Remove Snap-in…<\/strong>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        6. From the left side, under\u00a0Available Snap-ins<\/strong>, click on\u00a0Active Directory Schema<\/strong>, then click\u00a0Add ><\/strong> and then click\u00a0OK
          <\/strong>
          \"\"\n<\/li>\n
        7. Right click\u00a0Active Directory Schema<\/strong>, then click\u00a0Change Active Directory Domain Controller…<\/strong>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        8. From the listed Domain Controllers, click on the domain controller that you want to be the schema master role holder and then click on\u00a0OK<\/strong>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

          You will receive a message box stating that the schema snap-in is not connected to a schema operations master. That is for sure, as we have not yet set this Windows Server 2008 domain controller as a Schema Master role holder. This will be done in the next step. Click\u00a0OK<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        9. In the console tree, right click\u00a0Active Directory Schema [DomainController.DomainName]<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0Operations Master…<\/strong>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        10. On the\u00a0Change Schema Master <\/strong>page, the current schema master role holder will be displayed ( ex. ELMAJ-DC.ELMAJDAL.NET) and the targeted schema holder as well (ex. ELMAJ-DC2K8.ELMAJDAL.NET). Once you click\u00a0Change<\/strong>, the schema master holder will become\u00a0
          ELMAJ-DC2K8.ELMAJDAL.NET<\/strong> , click\u00a0Change<\/strong>
          <\/strong>
          \"\"\n

          Click\u00a0Yes<\/strong> to confirm the role transfer<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

          The role will be transferred and a confirmation message will be displayed. Click\u00a0OK\u00a0
          <\/strong>
          \"\"<\/p>\n

          Then click\u00a0Close<\/strong>, as you can see in the below snapshot, the current schema master is\u00a0ELMAJ-DC2K8.ELMAJDAL.NET<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            \n
          • Using Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in to transfer the Domain Naming Master Role<\/strong>
            <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
            \n
              \n
            1. Click\u00a0Start <\/strong>>\u00a0Administrative Tools<\/strong> > then click\u00a0Active Directory Domains and Trusts\n

              \"\"
              <\/strong><\/li>\n

            2. Right click\u00a0Active Directory Domains and Trusts<\/strong>, then click\u00a0Change Active Directory Domain Controller…\n

              \"\"
              <\/strong><\/li>\n

            3. From the listed Domain Controllers, click on the domain controller that you want to be the Domain Naming master role holder and then click onOK<\/strong>\n

              \"\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

            4. Right click\u00a0Active Directory Domains and Trusts<\/strong>, then click\u00a0Operations Master…\n

              \"\"<\/p>\n

              <\/strong><\/li>\n

            5. On the Operations Master page, we are going to change the Domain Naming role holder from\u00a0ELMAJ-DC.ELMAJDAL.NET <\/strong>to ELMAJ-DC2K8.ELMAJDAL.NET<\/strong>, Click\u00a0Change<\/strong>\n

              \"\"<\/p>\n

              Click\u00a0YES<\/strong> to confirm the transfer of the Domain Naming role<\/p>\n

              \"\"<\/p>\n

              The role will be transferred and a confirmation message will be displayed. Click\u00a0OK <\/strong>, then click\u00a0Close<\/p>\n

              \"\"<\/p>\n

              \"\"
              <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

              Till now, we have successfully transferred two FSMO roles, the Schema Master role and the Domain Naming role. The last three roles can be transferred using a single Snap-in.<\/p>\n

               <\/p>\n

                \n
              • Using Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to transfer the RID Master, PDC Emulator, and Infrastructure Master Roles<\/strong>
                <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                  \n
                1. Click\u00a0Start<\/strong> >\u00a0Administrative Tools<\/strong> > then click\u00a0Active Directory Users and Computers\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                  <\/strong><\/li>\n

                2. Right click\u00a0Active Directory Users and Computers<\/strong>, then click\u00a0All Tasks<\/strong> >\u00a0Operations Master…\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                  <\/strong><\/li>\n

                3. You will have three Tabs, representing three FSMO roles (RID, PDC, Infrastructure). Click the\u00a0Change <\/strong>button under each of these three tabs to transfer the roles.\u00a0\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                  Click\u00a0Yes<\/strong> to confirm the role transfer<\/p>\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                  The role will be transferred and a confirmation message will be displayed. Click\u00a0OK\u00a0
                  <\/strong>
                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                  As for the\u00a0Infrastructure<\/strong> role, once you click on the\u00a0Change<\/strong> button you will receive the below message<\/p>\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                  By default, when you first install your first Domain Controller, it holds the five roles and beside that it is a Global Catalog. If your environment is a multi-domain\/forest, then you should think about structuring your FSMO roles and transfer the Infrastructure role to a none Global Catalog domain controller. Else if you have small number of domain controllers ( ex. two domain controllers) then you should not worry about this. Click\u00a0Yes<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

                4. The Tabs should now look like this:\n

                  \"\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                   <\/p>\n

                  That’s it, by now, you have successfully transferred the five FSMO roles to the Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller.<\/p>\n

                  <\/p>\n

                   <\/p>\n

                  Summary<\/p>\n

                  <\/strong>There are five FSMO roles in a forest, to transfer any of these roles you have to use the appropriate Active Directory snap-in. In my next article, I will be showing you the complete steps required to successfully migrate\/upgrade your domain controller to a new hardware server.<\/p>\n

                  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  The five\u00a0FSMO roles are: Schema Master Domain Naming Master Infrastructure Master Relative ID (RID) Master PDC Emulator The FSMO roles are going to be transferred, using the following three MMC snap-ins : Active Directory Schema snap-in : Will be used to transfer the\u00a0Schema Master role Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in : Will be used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obieta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}