Question : Seizing FSMO roles in Windows 2008R2

Hi,

So, I had a disk failure, which occurred on the server that was hosting my RID Master. As a result, that server is no longer up to date, even with recovery so, I can't run DCPROMO because it says the server itself is offline. So, I have to use NTDSUTIL to seize the FSMO roles over to my secondary server.

When I try to do this via command, I get an invalid syntax error:

C:\Users\administrator.[DOMAIN]>ntdsutil
ntdsutil: roles
fsmo maintenance: connections
server connections: connect to servername [SERVER]
Error parsing Input - Invalid Syntax.
server connections:

Now, I'm following the cookbooks provided the resource online and I don't think I've missed anything but, then again, it is a Microsoft tool, and I am no expert.

Any suggestions (besides turning off my computer) would be appreciated :)

Answer : Seizing FSMO roles in Windows 2008R2

work for me with 800 and 8,000 and 800 :

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