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I currently have two Windows 2012 R2 domain controllers - serverA and serverB. I have two Windows 2019 instances that were promoted to domain controllers with DNS roles - serverC and serverD. I was able to transfer the RID, PDC and Infrastructure roles from serverA to serverC using the operations master gui in AD Users and Groups.

I am trying to transfer the domain naming master from serverB to serverD but when I open Active Directory Domains and Trusts and select operations master the DC I want to use for this role is not listed. I am currently logged in to serverD when I attempt this role transfer which is the DC I want to assign this role to. ServerC is listed but I don't want one domain controller to have all of the roles.

ServerA and ServerB are both running and operational, they are not dead or de-commissioned servers. I'm not seeing any AD related errors when I run dcdiag or errors in the event viewer logs of ServerD. Any thoughts on why ServerD isn't listed as an option to transfer this role to or what I might be doing wrong from my end? Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,

jrd1989
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    I always use Ntdsutil.exe to do that. Maybe try that in case there's something up with the way the console is connecting or something. Domain naming master: "This FSMO role holder is only active when the role owner has inbound replicated the configuration NC successfully since the Directory Service started." Maybe you need to wait a while? Does it work now? – Roman Mar 16 '22 at 23:01
  • Since the one 2019 instance (ServerD) wasn't showing up as an option when it came to migrating the last two roles I thought I could migrate everything to ServerC and then from there migrate to ServerD using the GUI but ServerD still didnt show up an option. I ultimately ended up using Ntdsutil.exe and it worked fine. Thanks for the suggestion! – jrd1989 Mar 18 '22 at 14:37

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Use the command line tool Ntdsutil.exe instead.

Roman
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