Supposing The 1st DC(FSMO+GC) crashed ,How can the 2nd DC become (FSMO+GC)

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Straight

hi,
If the 1st DC(FSMO+GC) crashed and can't be recovered..

Can the the 2nd DC be promoted to FSMO+GC?

If it can't ,what is the point of settting up an extra DC .

Thanks for your help.
 
This is the reason a replica DC is recommended, but provided the replica DC
was promoted successfully and is healthy, i.e., replication was working
correctly. If the PDC fsmo + GC is not recoverable, you can use ntdsutil to
seize the fsmo roles. You can also promote it to be a GC by going into AD
Sites & Services > Sites > Servers > Servername > NTDS settings, right click
on NTDS settings and place a check mark in the Global catalog box, then
check event viewer > Directory Services event log and you'll see an event
1110 (promotion to GC delayed 5 minutes) then event 1119 (GC promotion
successful).

Please see the following articles for more detail:
255504 Using Ntdsutil.exe to Seize or Transfer FSMO Roles to a Domain
Controller
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255504

296882 How to promote a domain controller to a global catalog server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296882

Rick Rieser, (e-mail address removed)
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