
OperationMasterRole schemamaster, domainnamingmaster, pdcemulator, ridmaster, infrastructuremasterįirst, open the command prompt with administrative privileges. OperationMasterRole schemamaster, domainnamingmaster, pdcemulator, ridmaster, infrastructuremaster So, for example, to seize the Naming Master role, use the following command. The command we use is the same we use for the simple transfer, except that we need to add the -Force switch. For Schema Master and Domain Naming Master roles, you must have Schema Admin and Enterprise Admin permissions respectively. To seize the RID Master, PDC Emulator, and Infrastructure Master roles, you will need to log in to DC with Domain Administrator privileges. The FSMO roles can be seized by either PowerShell or NTDSUtil as you will see below.

Seizing FSMO roles from a non-functional DC is the last solution to the problem and means that the DC will not come back into operation without reinstalling it.Įven if you can restore it (eg after a crash), if you have seized its roles, then it should not come back to the network because it will cause even more problems in the existing infrastructure. What happens if a DC, which already has an FSMO role, crashes or shuts down for a long time? FSMO role transfer cannot be completed as the server is no longer online.įor similar cases, we use a forced transfer of FSMO roles, a process that is referred as ‘seize’. However, given that all DCs are online and are functioning properly. The process of transferring one or more FSMO roles from one Domain Controller to another is a fairly easy process.
