Here is how to find them: http://www.petri.co.il/determining_fsmo_role_holders.htm
To replace a DC...bring the new one up with a new name. Move the rolls you need to off the old one either to the new one or to the other DC's. You do that with the GUI tool that is listed in the chart at the link above. DCPromo the old DC to remove the DC role. That makes it a member server. Go have coffee to let it all shake out and replicate then remove that DC (now a member server) from the domain. From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Replacing Win2k3 DC I have 3 DC's in my Domain. I am at the life's end of one of them. I am building a server to replace it. I need to know how to determine what roles this server has so I can be sure to get them on the new server. What is the best practice to replace a DC and to migrate the roles??? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
