You are the systems administrator for your company, which has a main office and one branch office. The main office contains two domain controllers, named DC1 and DC2. The branch office also contains two domain controllers, named DC3 and DC4. The network consists of a Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 environment. You have been assigned the task of migrating from Windows SBS 2003 to Windows Essential Business Server 2008. Before performing the migration, you want to demote DC3 to a member server and transfer all of the domain-wide master operations roles from DC3 to DC4 in the branch office.
Which two utilities can you use to perform this task? (Choose two. Each correct answer represents a unique solution.)
A.
Ntdsutil.exe
B.
Ldp.exe
C.
Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in
D.
Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in
E.
Active Directory Schema snap-in
Explanation:
You can use Ntdsutil.exe or the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to transfer all domain-wide operations master role to another domain controller. There are five operations master roles. The schema master and domain naming master are forest-wide roles; the PDC emulator, RID master, and infrastructure master are domain-wide roles. There can be only one schema master and one domain naming master in each forest. By default, the first domain controller in a new forest hosts all five operations master roles. The first domain controller in any new domain in a forest, by default, holds the three domain-wide roles for that domain. Subsequently, a forest-wide role can be transferred to another domain controller in the forest, and a domain-wide role can be transferred to another domain controller in the domain.
To transfer the domain-wide operations master roles by using Active Directory Users and Computers, you should perform the following steps:1. Open the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
2. In the console tree, right-click Active Directory Users and Computers, and then click the Connect to Domain Controller option.
3. In the Enter the name of another domain controller field, type the name of the domain controller you want to hold the infrastructure master role.
4. Or, click the domain controller in the list of available domain controllers.
5. In the console tree, right-click Active Directory Users and Computers, point to All Tasks, and then click the Operations Masters option.
6. Click the Change button on the Infrastructure tab, PDC tab, or the RID tab.To transfer the domain-wide operations master roles by using Ntdsutil.exe, you should perform the following steps:
1. Type Ntdsutil at a command prompt.
2. At the ntdsutil command prompt, type roles.
3. At the fsmo maintenance command prompt, type connection.
4. At the server connections command prompt, type connect to serverDomainController.
5. At the server connections command prompt, type quit.
6. At the fsmo maintenance command prompt, type transfer RoleName master.The Ldp.exe, the Active Directory Schema snap-in, and the Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in cannot be used to transfer the domain-wide roles. The Ldp.exe tool is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) tool that can be used to view and modify Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) data. The Active Directory Schema snap-in is used to manage or transfer the schema and the schema master role, which is a forest-wide role. The Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in is used to manage or transfer the domains and trusts and the domain naming master role, which is also a forest-wide role.