My old Primary Domain Controller died after a series of power problems.
I tried to follow this set of instructions http://kpytko.pl/active-directory-domain-services/seizing-fsmo-roles/ to get another windows server to be the Primary Domain Controller.
When I got to the "verify" part, things didn't go according to the instructions.
When I:
"netdom query fsmo" I get:
"The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
The command failed to complete successfully."
I have no experience with doing something like this.
What could have gone wrong, or what can I do to finish the process?
-
2You have a secondary DC that also is a global catalog? That error sounds not like your pdc failed, but like you have no dc left at all that is qualified - in which case it is "goodbye domain" time.– TomTomJun 9, 2016 at 10:10
-
I thought this one was set up as a secondary. but perhaps I was misinformed. :s Is there a way to tell?– Steven HookJun 9, 2016 at 11:08
-
The previous steps in the seizure seemed to go as expected– Steven HookJun 9, 2016 at 11:09
-
Sorry, I meant to post this, but then it was too long, and then the edit expired.: The previous steps in the seizure seemed to go as expected dropbox.com/s/78z5tgrwea4xzmb/seizure.txt?dl=0– Steven HookJun 9, 2016 at 11:20
-
Did you or did you not already have another Domain Controller in the domain? That's the question we need answered before we can provide you an answer.– joeqwertyJun 9, 2016 at 11:41
1 Answer
Thanks for all the comments and questions. In the end I wasn't able to find out what was going wrong with seizing the domain. I brought the old controller back online after salvaging a power supply, and everything seems to be fine so far. If anything breaks, I guess I will have to create a new domain.