RE: [ActiveDir] Moving FSMO RH to another site

[Kevin Sullivan]

You could also do this with a script. NTDSutil is fine or the GUI choices but to complete Robbie’s three step approach that he uses in his AD Cookbook, here is his script. (Man I love this book, it is lasting a long time although pages are ripped and dog eared.)   ‘---------- config strNewObner – “<NewRoleOwner>” ‘ name of system ‘---------- end config   Set objRootDSE = GetObject(“LDAP://” & strNewOwner & “/RootDSE”) objRootDSE.Put “becomePDC”, 1 objRootDSE.SetInfo   ‘---------- End Script   Depending on role to be transferred you can use the following. becomeDomainMaster becomeInfrastructureMaster becomePDC becomeRidMaster becomeSchemaMaster   Kevin Sullivan AutoProf   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grillenmeier, Guido Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 6:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Moving FSMO RH to another site   there's no problem moving the FSMO roles to your DC in A in a working environment - no need to move the hardware, unless you have other requirements to do so.  you can easily move the roles via NTDSutil or via various UIs (ADUC, AD Domains & Trusts, Schema Manager) if you preferr.   _should_ you move the roles to site A?  Depends if you will have IP connectivity from Site C to B or not - if not, you _have_ to move it, as the DCs in C will at least need to reach the RID master at least.  If you do have connectivity, your motivations for moving the roles may simply be less dependency on the nw link between A + B.   /Guido   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Riddle Sent: Dienstag, 22. Juni 2004 22:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Moving FSMO RH to another site I was wondering if anyone had any experience/advice that they would be kind enough to share J   Our current environment includes 2 sites.  Lets call them Site A and Site B.  We will be adding Site C soon.    Site B has the first DC/GC and FSMO RH along with our first exchange server and a second DC/GC.  Site A has a GC and exchange server.  Site C will have a GC along with an Exchange server as well. We will also be setting up a front-end Exchange server at Site A.   We have network connections from Site A to B and A to C, but not from B to C.  The reason for this is there is a point to point from Site A to B, and A to C has a VPN connection.  You might think that we could just add another internet connection and just VPN all around, but current location limits that possibility.  What we have is currently what we get.   Since Site A will be the main “hub” I thought that we should probably move the FSMO RH to Site A for replication purposes.  Am I justified in my thinking?  Will this even make a difference?  Are we asking for more trouble than it is worth?  Will I run into any problems moving the server from one site to the other (both in AD and physically obviously)?   Please let me know and thank you for your time,   Travis