Lab A: Managing Operations Masters Answer Key

Exercise 1 Seizing Operations Master Roles

In this exercise, you will use Ntdsutil.exe to seize the infrastructure master role from your partners server. Task 1

! Determine which server in your domain holds the infrastructure master

role Important Perform this task on both servers in the domain. 1. Log on as Nwtradersx\ComputerNameUser with a password of P@ssw0rd 2. Use Run as to start Active Directory Users and Computers as Nwtradersx\Administrator with a password of P@ssw0rd 3. In the console tree, right-click nwtradersx.msft, and then click Operations Masters. 4. On the RID, PDC, and Infrastructure tabs, under Operations master, record the name of the current operations master, and then click Close. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 5. Close Active Directory Users and Computers.

Task 2

! Shut down the server in your domain that holds the infrastructure
master role Important Perform this task only on the server that holds the infrastructure master role. 1. Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as. 2. In the Run As dialog box, click The following user, type a user name of Nwtradersx\Administrator, a password of P@ssw0rd and then click OK. 3. At the command prompt, type shutdown /s and then press ENTER.

Lab A: Managing Operations Masters Answer Key

Task 3

! Seize the infrastructure master role

Important Perform this task only on the server that does not hold the infrastructure master role. 1. Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as. 2. In the Run As dialog box, click The following user, type a user name of Nwtradersx\Administrator, a password of P@ssw0rd and then click OK. 3. At the command prompt, type ntdsutil and then press ENTER. 4. At the ntdsutil prompt, type roles and then press ENTER. 5. At the fsmo maintenance prompt, type connections and then press ENTER. 6. At the server connections prompt, type connect to server ComputerName.nwtradersx.msft, and then press ENTER. 7. At the server connections prompt, type quit and then press ENTER. 8. At the fsmo maintenance prompt, type seize infrastructure master and then press ENTER. 9. In the Role Seizure Confirmation Dialog dialog box, click Yes. Note This process may take a minute or more to complete. 10. At the fsmo maintenance prompt, type quit and then press ENTER. 11. At the ntdsutil prompt, type quit and then press ENTER. 12. At the command prompt, type exit and then press ENTER. 13. Restart the computer that you shut down in the previous task.

Lab A: Managing Operations Masters Answer Key

Exercise 2 Transferring Operations Master Roles

In this exercise, you will transfer operations master roles to another server. Task 1

! Transfer the PDC emulator role to the other server in your domain
Important Perform this task only on the server that currently holds the PDC Emulator role. 1. Log on as Nwtradersx\ComputerNameUser with a password of P@ssw0rd 2. Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as. 3. In the Run As dialog box, click The following user, type a user name of Nwtradersx\Administrator, a password of P@ssw0rd and then click OK. 4. At the command prompt, type ntdsutil and then press ENTER. 5. At the ntdsutil prompt, type roles and then press ENTER. 6. At the fsmo maintenance prompt, type connections and then press ENTER. 7. At the server connections prompt, type connect to server ComputerName.nwtradersx.msft, where ComputerName is the name of the computer that does not currently hold the PDC emulator role, and then press ENTER. 8. At the server connections prompt, type quit and then press ENTER. 9. At the fsmo maintenance prompt, type transfer pdc and then press ENTER. 10. In the Role Transfer Confirmation Dialog dialog box, click Yes. 11. At the fsmo maintenance prompt, type quit and then press ENTER. 12. At the ntdsutil prompt, type quit and then press ENTER. 13. At the command prompt, type exit and then press ENTER.

Task 2

! Transfer the RID master role to your server

Important Perform this task only on the server that does not hold the RID master role. 1. Log on as Nwtradersx\ComputerNameUser with a password of P@ssw0rd 2. Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as. 3. In the Run As dialog box, click The following user, type a user name of Nwtradersx\Administrator, a password of P@ssw0rd and then click OK. 4. At the command prompt, type ntdsutil and then press ENTER. 5. At the ntdsutil prompt, type roles and then press ENTER. 6. At the fsmo maintenance prompt, type connections and then press ENTER.

Lab A: Managing Operations Masters Answer Key

7. At the server connections prompt, type connect to server ComputerName.nwtradersx.msft, where ComputerName is the name of the computer that does not currently hold the PDC emulator role, and then press ENTER. 8. At the server connections prompt, type quit and then press ENTER. 9. At the fsmo maintenance prompt, type transfer RID master and then press ENTER. 10. In the Role Transfer Confirmation Dialog dialog box, click Yes. 11. At the fsmo maintenance prompt, type quit and then press ENTER. 12. At the ntdsutil prompt, type quit and then press ENTER. 13. At the command prompt, type exit and then press ENTER. Task 3

! Verify that the roles were transferred successfully

Important Perform this task on both servers in the domain. 1. Log on as Nwtradersx\ComputerNameUser with a password of P@ssw0rd 2. Use Run as to start Active Directory Users and Computers as Nwtradersx\Administrator with a password of P@ssw0rd 3. In the console tree, right-click nwtradersx.msft, and then click Operations Masters. 4. On the RID, PDC, and Infrastructure tabs, under Operations master, record the name of the current operations master, and then click Close. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 5. Close Active Directory Users and Computers.