Schema Master

[Bilgehan YILDIRIM]

Is there way to transfer Schemma Master without ntdsutil?

Thanx For Reply.

[Dmitry Kulshitsky]

Quoting from MSDN:

Performing Operations Master Role Transfers
To transfer an operations master role is to move it with the cooperation of
its current owner. Given a role placement plan, you need to transfer each
role from its default location to its planned location. Depending upon the
role, you can perform role transfers using one of three Active Directory
snap-ins:

a.. Active Directory Schema for the schema master.
b.. Active Directory Domains and Trusts for the domain naming master.
c.. Active Directory Users and Computers for per-domain roles.
To transfer a role, first focus the Active Directory snap-in on the domain
controller that needs to receive the role. Then, right-click the snap-in
node in the console tree and select Operations Master. For per-domain roles,
you then select the tab corresponding to the specific role you want to
transfer. The property page displays the Current Focus (the domain
controller on which the snap-in is focused), the Current Operations Master
(the domain controller that is the current role owner), and the
online/offline status of the current role owner. Click Change and then click
OK to complete the operation.

If the current role owner is available, the transfer completes within a few
seconds. If the transfer is not completed within a short period of time, the
domain controller is not available. In this case, you need to follow the
recommendations for responding to failures, which is explained in the next
section.

For more information about procedures for performing operations master role
transfers, see Windows 2000 Server Help.

Additionally, you can use the Active Directory snap-ins to view the actual
roles that a domain controller owns. To accomplish this, you would choose
one of the Active Directory snap-ins, right-click the root node of the
snap-in in the consoler tree, and select Operations Master. The Operations
dialog box displays the name of the domain controller that is the current
focus and its status.

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