I think that you are right :) But I am not familiar with NTDSUTIL. I tried a utility in Resource kit "DUMP FSMO ROLES"
Below is the output when I ran it: _____________________________________________________ ntdsutil: roles fsmo maintenance: Connections server connections: Connect to server /? Binding to /? ... DsBindW error 0x6ba(The RPC server is unavailable.) server connections: Quit fsmo maintenance: select Operation Target select operation target: List roles for connected server Not connected to a server - use "Connections" select operation target: Quit fsmo maintenance: Quit ntdsutil: Quit C:\Program Files\Resource Kit> _____________________________________ Can you please elaborate ? Adil Hindistan ICQ: 26477783 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 4:54 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: RID Master Question for PROs > > > Your best bet is to Seize the RID master FSMO role using > NTDSUTIL. That way you will transfer the role to the new DC. > > There are other functions that you will perform but that is > the first step. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adil Hindistan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 September 2001 14:11 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RID Master Question for PROs > > > I have 4 Domain Controllers. One of them (called SIM1) which > happened to have Infrastructure, PDC and RID Operation > Masters crashed. We needed to built it from scratch. In the > meantime I transferred Infrastructure and PDC Operation > Master Roles to a Healty DC so we did not have any trouble > with the clients. > > We used the same NetBIOS name SIM1 when installing the Active > Directory at the new server. Problem arised when we tried to > create a user. We received an error message about RELATIVE > IDENTIFIER! I tried to transfer the RID Operation Master Role > to another DC but received an error: > > "The requested FSMO operation failed. The current FSMO > holder could not be contacted" > > Also in the Event Logs there are tens of the following error. > > > _______________________________________________________ > Event Type: Error > Event Source: SAM > Event Category: None > Event ID: 16650 > Date: 27.09.2001 > Time: 14:45:20 > User: N/A > Computer: SIM1 > Description: > The account-identifier allocator failed to initialize > properly. The record data contains the NT error code that > caused the failure. Windows 2000 will retry the > initialization until it succeeds; until that time, account > creation will be denied on this Domain Controller. Please > look for other SAM event logs that may indicate the exact > reason for the failure. > Data: > 0000: a7 02 00 c0 §..À > _______________________________________________________ > > > So, now I am not able to create any object in this DC and I > am not able to transfer RID Operation Master Role to another > DC! However other DCs are OK and I can create any object in > them which will be replicated to SIM1 > > Can anyone suggest a way to change the RID OM Role, which I > think is the problem. > > Adil Hindistan > ICQ: 26477783 > > > Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub > Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ > > > > Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub > Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ > Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
