operation master server crash

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It needs to be online to transfer the FSMO roles. It does not need to be on
line to seize the FSMO roles.

See:
Using Ntdsutil.exe to seize or transfer FSMO roles to a domain controller
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;255504

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

"maestro" <maestro@maestro.ma> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I had a crash, my win2K server's HD failed, this was the operation master
> for my domain.
> I can transfer a role's, like global catalog to my other server(named
> dino),..., but to transfer the role of operation master, the actual
> operation master(the one that crashed) needs to be on-line!
> This is not possible, so how can I resolve this problem so that I can
chage
> the role of oeration master to dino?
> I have a Win2k server with AD, and a win 2003 member server vor TS in my
> domain.
>
> Tx. for any help.
>
>
>