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Hello all,

This morning on my PDC which is running Windows 2000
server, when I ran this tool. It gave me an error saying

-------
A Primary Domain Controller could not be located.
The server holding the PDC role is down.
failed test FsmoCheck

It would be great if someone could help me in this
 
This morning on my PDC which is running Windows 2000
server, when I ran this tool. It gave me an error saying

-------
A Primary Domain Controller could not be located.
The server holding the PDC role is down.
failed test FsmoCheck

It would be great if someone could help me in this
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Is it true? (You generally should know which is your PDC Emulator.
It was your VERY FIRST DC in [each] Domain.)

Unless you moved the Role, it is still on the VERY FIRST DC of the Domain,
but you can look using NTDSUtil or AD Users/Computers (right click on
domain.)

If it is truly down, then you should bring it back online and perhaps
transfer the
role (and other roles) to a more reliable server.

If it is LOST, you you will need to SEIZE the role (NTDSUtil) to another DC.

NOTE: Do NOT "seize" a role if the role holder will EVER be returned to the
net as a DC.
 
This article may be helpful:

Herb Martin said:
This morning on my PDC which is running Windows 2000
server, when I ran this tool. It gave me an error saying

-------
A Primary Domain Controller could not be located.
The server holding the PDC role is down.
failed test FsmoCheck

It would be great if someone could help me in this
Click to expand...

Is it true? (You generally should know which is your PDC Emulator.
It was your VERY FIRST DC in [each] Domain.)

Unless you moved the Role, it is still on the VERY FIRST DC of the Domain,
but you can look using NTDSUtil or AD Users/Computers (right click on
domain.)

If it is truly down, then you should bring it back online and perhaps
transfer the
role (and other roles) to a more reliable server.

If it is LOST, you you will need to SEIZE the role (NTDSUtil) to another DC.

NOTE: Do NOT "seize" a role if the role holder will EVER be returned to the
net as a DC.



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Herb Martin
Hello all,
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This is the article...

255690 HOW TO: View and Transfer FSMO Roles in the Graphical User Interface
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255690

Cheers!


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Herb Martin said:
This morning on my PDC which is running Windows 2000
server, when I ran this tool. It gave me an error saying

-------
A Primary Domain Controller could not be located.
The server holding the PDC role is down.
failed test FsmoCheck

It would be great if someone could help me in this
Click to expand...

Is it true? (You generally should know which is your PDC Emulator.
It was your VERY FIRST DC in [each] Domain.)

Unless you moved the Role, it is still on the VERY FIRST DC of the Domain,
but you can look using NTDSUtil or AD Users/Computers (right click on
domain.)

If it is truly down, then you should bring it back online and perhaps
transfer the
role (and other roles) to a more reliable server.

If it is LOST, you you will need to SEIZE the role (NTDSUtil) to another DC.

NOTE: Do NOT "seize" a role if the role holder will EVER be returned to the
net as a DC.



--
Herb Martin
Hello all,
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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