Chapter 3. Domain Controllers, Global Catalogs, and FSMOs

Introduction

Recipe 3.1.  Promoting a Domain Controller

Recipe 3.2.  Promoting a Domain Controller from Media

Recipe 3.3.  Demoting a Domain Controller

Recipe 3.4.  Automating the Promotion or Demotion of a Domain Controller

Recipe 3.5.  Troubleshooting Domain Controller Promotion or Demotion Problems

Recipe 3.6.  Removing an Unsuccessfully Demoted Domain Controller

Recipe 3.7.  Renaming a Domain Controller

Recipe 3.8.  Finding the Domain Controllers for a Domain

Recipe 3.9.  Finding the Closest Domain Controller

Recipe 3.10.  Finding a Domain Controller's Site

Recipe 3.11.  Moving a Domain Controller to a Different Site

Recipe 3.12.  Finding the Services a Domain Controller Is Advertising

Recipe 3.13.  Configuring a Domain Controller to Use an External Time Source

Recipe 3.14.  Finding the Number of Logon Attempts Made Against a Domain Controller

Recipe 3.15.  Enabling the /3GB Switch to Increase the LSASS Cache

Recipe 3.16.  Cleaning Up Distributed Link Tracking Objects

Recipe 3.17.  Enabling and Disabling the Global Catalog

Recipe 3.18.  Determining if Global Catalog Promotion Is Complete

Recipe 3.19.  Finding the Global Catalog Servers in a Forest

Recipe 3.20.  Finding the Domain Controllers or Global Catalog Servers in a Site

Recipe 3.21.  Finding Domain Controllers and Global Catalogs via DNS

Recipe 3.22.  Changing the Preference for a Domain Controller

Recipe 3.23.  Disabling the Global Catalog Requirement During a Windows 2000 Domain Login

Recipe 3.24.  Disabling the Global Catalog Requirement During a Windows 2003 Domain Login

Recipe 3.25.  Finding the FSMO Role Holders

Recipe 3.26.  Transferring a FSMO Role

Recipe 3.27.  Seizing a FSMO Role

Recipe 3.28.  Finding the PDC Emulator FSMO Role Owner via DNS