Information Technology Reference
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There are three methods for transferring operations master roles in Windows Server 2012
and Windows Server 2012 R2, and two of them can be used for seizing operations master
roles if it is required. The three methods are as follows:
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Graphical
Only for transferring roles; requires three different consoles to transfer the
five roles.
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Ntdsutil.exe
Can be used for both transferring and seizing roles; supported on all
versions of Windows Server.
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Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole
Can be used for both transferring
and seizing roles; supported on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2,
and on Windows 8.x with RSAT installed.
transferring roles graphically
Three different consoles are required to transfer all five roles:
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Active Directory Users and Computers is used to change the three domain-wide roles.
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Active Directory Domains And Trusts is used to change the forest-wide domain naming
master role.
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Active Directory Schema is used to change the forest-wide schema master role.
Before you can use the Active Directory Schema console, you need to register the schema
management DLL. Follow these steps to transfer the schema master role:
Open an elevated command or Windows PowerShell window with an account that has
the Change Schema Master right. By default, only members of the Schema Admins
group have this right.
1.
Type
regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll
to register the schema management dll.
2.
Type
mmc
to open a blank management console and select Add/Remove Snap-in
from the File menu.
3.
Select Active Directory Schema from the Available Snap-ins list, as shown in Figure 5-2.
4.
Click Add and then click OK to open the Active Directory Schema console.
5.
Select Active Directory Schema in the console tree and right-click.
6.
Select Operations Master from the Action menu to open the Change Schema Master
dialog box shown in Figure 5-3.
7.
Click Change to move the schema master role from to the new domain controller.
8.
