Date: May 05, 2013
By: Mike Khzouz (Mike@bostonIT.com)
The operation failed because: Active Directory Domain Services could not transfer the remaining data in directory partition DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=domain-name,DC=com to Active Directory Domain Controller \\DC.domain-name.com.
"The directory service is missing mandatory configuration information, and is unable to determine the ownership of floating single-master operation roles."
Scenario:
When trying to demote one of Windows 2008 Domain Controllers, you get the above error message.
Resolution:
Copy the script below into a file and call it Script.vbs.
const ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC = 3
const ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1
const ADS_NAME_TYPE_CANONICAL = 2
set inArgs = WScript.Arguments
if (inArgs.Count = 1) then
' Assume the command line argument is the NDNC (in DN form) to use.
NdncDN = inArgs(0)
Else
Wscript.StdOut.Write "usage: cscript fixfsmo.vbs NdncDN"
End if
if (NdncDN <> "") then
' Convert the DN form of the NDNC into DNS dotted form.
Set objTranslator = CreateObject("NameTranslate")
objTranslator.Init ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC, ""
objTranslator.Set ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779, NdncDN
strDomainDNS = objTranslator.Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_CANONICAL)
strDomainDNS = Left(strDomainDNS, len(strDomainDNS)-1)
Wscript.Echo "DNS name: " & strDomainDNS
' Find a domain controller that hosts this NDNC and that is online.
set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://" & strDomainDNS & "/RootDSE")
strDnsHostName = objRootDSE.Get("dnsHostName")
strDsServiceName = objRootDSE.Get("dsServiceName")
Wscript.Echo "Using DC " & strDnsHostName
' Get the current infrastructure fsmo.
strInfraDN = "CN=Infrastructure," & NdncDN
set objInfra = GetObject("LDAP://" & strInfraDN)
Wscript.Echo "infra fsmo is " & objInfra.fsmoroleowner
' If the current fsmo holder is deleted, set the fsmo holder to this domain controller.
if (InStr(objInfra.fsmoroleowner, "\0ADEL:") > 0) then
' Set the fsmo holder to this domain controller.
objInfra.Put "fSMORoleOwner", strDsServiceName
objInfra.SetInfo
' Read the fsmo holder back.
set objInfra = GetObject("LDAP://" & strInfraDN)
Wscript.Echo "infra fsmo changed to:" & objInfra.fsmoroleowner
End if
End if
Now go to command line on that DC and run the script by typing the following:
cscript Script.vbs DC=ForestDNSZones,DC=contoso,DC=com
Where:
DC=costoso is the Windows Domain. My Windows Domain was called Domain1.com so I replaced costoso with Domain1. So the command for me was:
cscript Script.vbs DC=ForestDNSZones,DC=Domain1,DC=com
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