From the course: Windows Server 2019: Install and Configure Active Directory
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Seizing a FSMO role - Windows Server Tutorial
From the course: Windows Server 2019: Install and Configure Active Directory
Seizing a FSMO role
- [Instructor] Transferring a FSMO role from one domain controller to another is a pretty straightforward and simple process, when both domain controllers are up and running and communicating easily. But what happens when the domain controller that's hosting a FSMO suddenly becomes unavailable, or unexpectedly before we could transfer the role? Well the solution is we do what's called seize the role from that other domain controller. So to demonstrate this, I'd like to first of all show you that DC-1, which is hosting most of our FSMOs, is in the off state. So you can see here in my Hyper-V manager, DC-1 is off. And that is because I shut it down, therefore made it unavailable. So let's connect to DC-2 and see what the result is when we try to transfer the role. Here in the Server Manager, I am going to go to the Tools menu, and select Active Directory Domains and Trusts, because this is where we can see the domain…
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