Hi all
I had a problem migrating a dc from one server to another and now I have several active directory errors in the event log. The cause of the problem, I think, was that during the transfer, the old dc came back on and ran until the new one (an image of the old one) came up. At one point both dc were online simultaneously.
We have two sites and each site has a single dc.
One of the errors is event id 2092:
This server is the owner of the following FSMO role, but does not consider it valid.......
"Operations which require contacting a FSMO operation master will fail until this condition is corrected."
The other errors are kcc replication problems.
I realize I haven't given much detail so feel free to ask for what you need, but here is the question I have, what is the best solution?
1) would it be better to seize the FSMO roles to the other site's dc and demote the one that is bad and then bring it back up?
2) or should I use DSRM to attempt to repair the broken dc
3) or build a second dc in the same site as the bad dc, seize the FSMOs, then demote the bad dc?
Thanks!
Todd MacQueen MCTS, CEH, CHFI, Security+