RE: FSMO role transfer

Amy,

 

If it’s what you need to hear (for peace of mind – or reassurance) leave the FSMO roles where they are  - you’ll be fine. You don’t need to transfer the rolls if your talking about a timeframe of 2 hours - - -when you bring it back on line - -I would just leave the other DC online for at least and hour (unless you have adjusted the replication intervals) to make sure any changes are replicated.

 

 

 

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From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amy Hunter
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:43 AM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ActiveDir] FSMO role transfer

 

Hi guys,

 

We have two DC's, one which holds the Forest FSMO roles, the other which holds the domain FSMO roles.

 

I plan to take each server down at different times so that one of the two servers can provide authentication etc while the other gets maintained. 

 

Initially, I was planning on moving the FSMO roles to the other DC while maintainance work is carried out and transferring it back once it's online again. I would then do the same for the other DC.

 

I was then told that you don't need to move the FSMO roles when you perform maintenance on a DC holding the roles. Each server will be down for about 2hrs.

 

Does anyone have advice for me? I would like to move the roles for peace of mind knowing they are available, but if I don't need to do that, I won't bother

 

Is there any recommended practice?

 

Amy

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