What is Fsmo Roles in Windows Server 2003?
Posted in windows | 2022-04-03
Windows Server 2003 – How to Transfer FSMO Roles
Remember that in the acronym FSMO, the word Flexible means that you can move the role to a more suitable domain controller . There are two scenarios for transferring the FSMO roles, the first is a planned transfer where the original FSMO Operations Master is up and running.
What are FSMO Roles?
Schema Master – one per forest.
Domain Naming Master – one per forest.
Relative ID (RID) Master – one per domain.
Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Emulator – one per domain.
Infrastructure Master – one per domain.
What are the 5 FSMO Active Directory Roles?
Schema master.
Domain naming master.
RID master.
PDC emulator.
Infrastructure master.
What FSMO Roles are on my Server?
Click Start, click Run, type dsa.
Right-click the selected Domain Object in the top-left pane, and then click Operations Masters.
Click the PDC tab to view the server holding the PDC master role.
Where are FSMO Roles Located?
The domainlevel FSMO roles are called the Primary Domain Controller Emulator, the Relative Identifier Master, and the Infrastructure Master. In a new Active Directory forest, all five FSMO roles are assigned to the initial domain controller in the newlycreated forest root domain.