Using NTDSUtil to transfer FSMO Roles by command line
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I’ve just removed a domain controller (DC) from my root domain, the very first server not only in the domain, but the forest. The roles were migrating to a newer server, far more up to the job, but it isn’t a job to be taken lightly. If you mess up the root domain, you’ve potentially got problems all the way down your domain hierarchy.
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<font size="2">I transferred the roles in that order, it shouldn’t make much difference which order that you do it. Once all the roles are transfered, type “q” again to drop out, and “q” again to quit NTDSUtil. </font>
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