FSMO Roles

[Guest]

My fileserver crashed yesterday and i wasnt able to gain access to the
administrators profile or any profile for that matter. So i was not able to
run DCPROMO to domote the server and i was not able to transfer the FSMO
roles. I formatted the hard drive and reinstalled server 2000 joining the
server to my exisiting domain (jowett.com) On my domain sits an exchange
server.

I have managed to transfer the PDC, IM to my exchange server, but i am
trying to transfer the RID, Schema Master and Domain Naming Master to my
newly installed server but of course its saying "The current role holder can
not be contacted (which was the crashed server mentioned above)" I have also
enabled my newly installed fileserver as the GC.

How do i force the transfer? Some people say "seize" the roles but how can i
do that when the crashed server doesnt exisit because i formatted it?

I am also having a problem getting the Exchange Information Store to start
could this be related to the FSMO roles or the GC

Thanks

 

[Andy]

Try this...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504

 

[Guest]

Yeah i still can't seize a role because my server had been formatted. its
says "Log on to a Windows 2000 Server-based or Windows Server 2003-based
member computer or domain controller that is located in the forest where FSMO
roles are being seized"

I can't log on to that server because it doesnt exisit anymore due to the
corruption.

regards
chris

 

[Guest]

forget my last post, sorry andy that link was perfect cheers

 

[Jorge_de_Almeida_Pinto]

My fileserver crashed yesterday and i wasnt able to gain
access to the
administrators profile or any profile for that matter. So i
was not able to
run DCPROMO to domote the server and i was not able to
transfer the FSMO
roles. I formatted the hard drive and reinstalled server 2000
joining the
server to my exisiting domain (jowett.com) On my domain sits
an exchange
server.

I have managed to transfer the PDC, IM to my exchange server,
but i am
trying to transfer the RID, Schema Master and Domain Naming
Master to my
newly installed server but of course its saying "The current
role holder can
not be contacted (which was the crashed server mentioned
above)" I have also
enabled my newly installed fileserver as the GC.

How do i force the transfer? Some people say "seize" the roles
but how can i
do that when the crashed server doesnt exisit because i
formatted it?

I am also having a problem getting the Exchange Information
Store to start
could this be related to the FSMO roles or the GC

Thanks

take a look at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504

http://www.petri.co.il/seizing_fsmo_roles.htm