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by angrytech

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We recently went to a 2000 domain. We have 3 DCs for our single domain and have added a child domain. Now, the PDC on the domain is claiming that is holds the FSMO records and the global catalog. Of course, this is an issue. We would like to transfer the FSMO role to one of the other DCs. I have read the Microsoft articles but they talk about "demoting" the old controller. Is there a good way to tranfer this role to one of the DCs with minimal down-time and without damaging the other roles the PDC currently holds? It is currently the Domain Master, DNS server and Global catalog holder. Thank you.

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by beermonster

Why is this an issue ? The first domain controller you built will have taken all the FSMO roles (note thats roles not records) as it would have been the only DC at the time. If you want to move one or all of the roles elsewhere then go to users and computers from admin tools, right click on the root and select operations masters - you can move them there. There is no pdc on a 2000 domain, only a pdc emulator (pdc emulator is one of the Flexible Single Master Operations roles IE FSMO) which is used, among other things, to simulate pdc operations for earlier versions of NT - for example if you are in mixed mode and want to add an NT4 domain controller to your 2000 domain. I suggest you search on technet for fsmo and read around this subject - you MUST understand it if you intend to config or administer a 2000 domain.

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