Issue with DC demotion

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adfreak

Hello,

I have a former client who just called saying they were having issues with
the AD. To make a long story short, he said he demoted the first DC he
built (which held all the FSMO roles) and made it a member server but did
not transfer/seize the FSMO roles prior to demotion.

There is another DC running however some of the issues he's experiencing now
include not being able to create users. Is there a way to manually transfer
those roles to the new DC?

Thanks
 
This is one way you can seize the rolls to your remaining DC.

255504 Using Ntdsutil.exe to Seize or Transfer FSMO Roles to a Domain
Controller
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255504

And if for some reason during a demotion you end up with "orphaned data" in
your A/D this is a good one to have on file.

216498 HOW TO: Remove Data in Active Directory After an Unsuccessful Domain
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216498

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| | > Hello,
| >
| > I have a former client who just called saying they were having issues
with
| > the AD. To make a long story short, he said he demoted the first DC he
| > built (which held all the FSMO roles) and made it a member server but
did
| > not transfer/seize the FSMO roles prior to demotion.
| >
| > There is another DC running however some of the issues he's experiencing
| now
| > include not being able to create users. Is there a way to manually
| transfer
| > those roles to the new DC?
| >
| > Thanks
| >
| >
|
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