Failure of Operation Master DC

[Pavel Zacha]

Hello.

Our domain controller in role of operation master failed because of HW
failure.
The second DC overtook all functions of AD in our network.
Now I am going to repair the unfunctioning DC, I hope the discs will be OK.

What would happened if I weren't successful in recovery:
is it possible to force the second DC to the role of operation master in
case of unavailability of the first one ?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Pavel Zacha

 

[Tomasz Onyszko]

Hello.

Our domain controller in role of operation master failed because of HW
failure.
The second DC overtook all functions of AD in our network.
Now I am going to repair the unfunctioning DC, I hope the discs will be OK.

What would happened if I weren't successful in recovery:
is it possible to force the second DC to the role of operation master in
case of unavailability of the first one ?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

You can seize FSMO role to other DC:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504