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How to find Servers That Hold FSMO Roles

If you are looking for a way to find servers that hold FSMO roles, you have come to the right place. This in-depth guide by our experts will come in handy. The Active Directory defines the following Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) Roles:

• Schema master
• RID master
• Domain naming master
• Infrastructure master
• PDC master

How to determine the PDC, RID, & Infrastructure FSMO Holders of a particular Domain

1. First, navigate to Start > Run, enter dsa.msc and click OK.
2. Then, right-click the chosen Domain Object from the top-left pane and select Operations Masters.
3. Next, click the PDC tab in order to view the server holding the PDC master role.
4. After that, click the Infrastructure tab in order to view the server holding the Infrastructure master role.
5. Finally, click the RID Pool tab in order to view the server holding the RID master role.

How to determine the Schema FSMO Holder in a Forest

1. First, navigate to Start > Run, enter mmc, and click OK.
2. Then, head to the Console menu and select Add/Remove Snap-in, select Add and double-click Active Directory Schema before clicking Close. Then, click Ok.
3. Next, right-click Active Directory Schema and then select Operations Masters in order to see the server holding the schema master role.

How to determine the Domain Naming FSMO Holder in a Forest

1. First, navigate to Start > Run, enter mmc, and click OK.
2. Then, head to the Console menu and select Add/Remove Snap-in, select Add and double-click Active Directory Schema before clicking Close. Then, click Ok.
3. After that, click Active Directory Domains and Trusts in the left-pane.
4. Next, right-click Active Directory Domains and Trust and then select Operations Master in order to see the server holding the domain naming master role in the Forest.

Our Support Engineers would like to point out that we can also use the Dumpfsmos.cmd file in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit to list FSMO role owners from the current domain and forest. Additionally, the NTDSUTIL is a tool in Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows 2000 Server. We can use it to verify changes in certain parts of Active Directory.

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Conclusion

To sum up, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares demonstrated how to find servers that hold FSMO Roles.