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How can we know the FSMO details of an Active directory forest?

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Question added by Roshan Firozkhan , IT System Administrator , Emirates Driving Institute
Date Posted: 2015/09/06
Mostafa Mohamed Abdelrahman Mohamed
by Mostafa Mohamed Abdelrahman Mohamed , Senior Virtualization and Application Management Executive , Qatar National Bank - ALAHLI

The easy way:

open CMD in any domain controller and type:

NetDOM /query FSMO

 

The Common way:

To Determine the RID, PDC, and Infrastructure FSMO Holders of a Selected Domain

 

1. Click Start, click Run, type dsa.msc, and then click OK. 2. Right-click the selected Domain Object in the top left pane, and then click Operations Masters. 3. Click the PDC tab to view the server holding the PDC master role. 4. Click the Infrastructure tab to view the server holding the Infrastructure master role. 5. Click the RID Pool tab to view the server holding the RID master role.

To Determine the Schema FSMO Holder in a Forest

 

 

1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK. 2. On the Console menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, click Add, double-click Active Directory Schema, click Close, and then click OK. 3. Right-click Active Directory Schema in the top left pane, and then click Operations Masters to view the server holding the schema master role.

NOTE: For the Active Directory Schema snap-in to be available, you may have to register the Schmmgmt.dll file. To do this, click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll in the Open box, and then click OK. A message is displayed that states the registration was successful.To Determine the Domain Naming FSMO Holder in a Forest

 

 

1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK. 2. On the Console menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, click Add, double-click Active Directory Domains and Trusts, click Close, and then click OK. 3. In the left pane, click Active Directory Domains and Trusts. 4. Right-click Active Directory Domains and Trust, and then click Operations Master to view the server holding the domain naming master role in the Forest.

mohamed harish
by mohamed harish , leasing administrator , abdulaziz al majid est

open CMD in any domain controller 

type: NetDOM query FSMO 

TO FIND WHICH SYSTEM HAVE THE FSMO ROLES

WE CAN ABLE TO TRANSFER OR SEIZE THE ROLES

Mohamed Rashad
by Mohamed Rashad , Technical Operation Owner , Orange Business Services

U have3 places to see them

1- Active Directory Domains and Trusts2- Active Directory Schema Master  u have to register first " Schmmgmt.dll" from CMD 3- Active Directory Users and Computers.

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