How to seize FSMO Roles

How to seize FSMO Roles

Open the command prompt and type ntdsutil

Eg:

C:\WINDOWS>ntdsutil

ntdsutil:

Step 2

T ype roles, and then press ENTER.

Eg:

ntdsutil: roles

fsmo maintenance:

Step :3

Type connections, and then press ENTER.

Eg:

fsmo maintenance: connections

server connections:

Step:4

Type connect to server <servername>, where <servername> is the name of the server you

want to use,and then press ENTER.

Eg

server connections: connect to server yourserver

Binding to yourserver ...

Connected to yourserver using credentials of locally logged on user.

server connections:

Step:5

At the server connections: prompt, type q, and then press ENTER again.

Eg:

server connections: q

fsmo maintenance:

Step:6

Type seize <role>, where <role> is the role you want to seize. For example, to seize the RID Master role, you would type seize rid master:

Available options are 

Eg

fsmo maintenance: ?

 ?                              - Show this help information

 Connections                    - Connect to a specific AD DC/LDS instance

 Help                           - Show this help information

 Quit                           - Return to the prior menu

 Seize infrastructure master    - Overwrite infrastructure role on connected server

 Seize naming master            - Overwrite Naming Master role on connected server

 Seize PDC                      - Overwrite PDC role on connected server

 Seize RID master               - Overwrite RID role on connected server

 Seize schema master            - Overwrite schema role on connected server

 Select operation target        - Select sites, servers, domains, roles and naming contexts

 Transfer infrastructure master - Make connected server the infrastructure master

 Transfer naming master         - Make connected server the naming master

 Transfer PDC                   - Make connected server the PDC

 Transfer RID master            - Make connected server the RID master

 Transfer schema master         - Make connected server the schema master

Step:6

After the selection of FSMO role You will receive a warning window asking if you want to perform the seize. Click on Yes.

Step 7:

Repeat steps 5 and 6 until you've seized all the required FSMO roles.

Step 8:

After you seize or transfer the roles, type q, and then press ENTER until you quit the Ntdsutil tool.

Note: Do not put the Infrastructure Master (IM) role on the same domain controller as the Global Catalog server. If the Infrastructure Master runs on a GC server it will stop updating object information because it does not contain any references to objects that it does not hold. This is because a GC server holds a partial replica of every object in the forest.