USING NTDSUTIL (FSMO ROLES) TRANSFER

C:\WINDOWS>ntdsutil
ntdsutil:
Type roles, and then press ENTER.

ntdsutil: roles

fsmo maintenance:

Note: To see a list of available commands at any of the prompts in the Ntdsutil tool, type ?, and then press ENTER. Type connections,and then press ENTER.

fsmo maintenance: connections

server connections:

Type connect to server <servername>, where <servername> is the name of the server you want
to use, and then press ENTER.

server connections: connect to server server100

Binding to server100 ...

Connected to server100 using credentials of locally logged on user.

server connections:

At the server connections: prompt, type q, and then press ENTER again.

server connections: q

fsmo maintenance:

At the FSMO maintenance: prompt, type Select operation target, and then press ENTER again.

fsmo maintenance: Select operation target

select operation target:

At the select operation target: prompt, type List roles for connected server, and then press ENTER again.

select operation target: List roles for connected server

Server "server100" knows about 5 roles

Schema - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=SERVER100,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=C
onfiguration,DC=dpetri,DC=net
Domain - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=SERVER100,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=C
onfiguration,DC=dpetri,DC=net
PDC - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=SERVER100,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Conf
iguration,DC=dpetri,DC=net
RID - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=SERVER100,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Conf
iguration,DC=dpetri,DC=net
Infrastructure - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=SERVER100,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Si
tes,CN=Configuration,DC=dpetri,DC=net

select operation target:

Type q 3 times to exit the Ntdsutil prompt