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use domain-related commands. Several operations also require you to connect to a domain,
a domain controller, or an Active Directory object before you perform a command.

For complete details on using ntdsutil , see the Windows Server 2012 R2
Help and Support Center.

Table 3.3 describes the domain management commands supported by the ntdsutil tool.
You can access this information by typing in the following sequence of commands at a
command prompt:

ntdsutil
domain management
Help

TAble 3.3 ntdsutil domain management commands

ntdsutil domain management command Purpose

Help or ? Displays information about the commands

that are available within the Domain Manage-
ment menu of the ntdsutil command.

Connection or Connections Allows you to connect to a specific domain

controller. This will set the context for further
operations that are performed on specific
domain controllers.

Create NC PartitionDistinguishedName
DNSName

Creates a new application directory partition.

Delete NC PartitionDistinguishedName Removes an application data partition.

List NC Information Partition
DistinguishedName

Shows information about the specified appli-
cation data partition.

List NC Replicas PartitionDistin-
guishedName

Returns information about all replicas for the
specific application data partition.

Precreate PartitionDistinguished
NameServerDNSName

Pre-creates cross-reference application data
partition objects. This allows the specified
DNS server to host a copy of the application
data partition.

Remove NC Replica PartitionDistin-
guishedName DCDNSName

Removes a replica from the specified domain
controller.

Select Operation Target Selects the naming context that will be used

for other operations.