Question : Old DC still thinks it has FSMO roles.

I have a new Win 2003 R2 SP2 DC on our domain. The existing (and original and only) server is a Win 2000 SP4 box and this one still thinks it has all of the FSMO roles. Both servers are global catalogs. Neither server can see the other to replicate. AD Sites & Services on each server only shows the local machine, not the other one.

I have run dcdiag and netdiag on both servers. On the Win 2003 box both tests pass. On the WIn 2k box, the netdiag command fails on the DNS test saying that the "DNS registration for SERVER is incorrect on all servers". Dcdiag passes.

Problem is, I need to convince the Win 2000 server that it no longer has all the roles and to wake up and realise there is a new DC that it needs to replicate with.

Any ideas?

Answer : Old DC still thinks it has FSMO roles.

Are you sure that you added the new DC to the current domain? Seems like the new dc was promoted to a new domain and not an existing domain.

Did you prep your domain for a 2003 server? Does both of the DCs in AD Users and Computers have all the same data when it comes to users?

Here are the steps to add a Windows 2003 server DC.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/File_Servers/Active_Directory/Q_23762383.html