Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole

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SYNOPSIS

Moves operation master roles to an Active Directory directory server.

SYNTAX

Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole [-Identity] <ADDirectoryServer> [-OperationMasterRole] <ADOperationMasterRole[]> [-AuthType
<ADAuthType>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Force [<SwitchParameter>]] [-PassThru [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Server <String>] [-Confirm
[<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

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DESCRIPTION

The Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole cmdlet moves one or more operation master roles to a directory server. You can move operation
master roles to a directory server in a different domain if the credentials are the same in both domains.


The Identity parameter specifies the directory server that receives the roles. You can specify a directory server object by one of the
following values:


Name of the server object (name)


Distinguished Name (DN) of the NTDS Settings object


Distinguished Name (DN) of the server object that represents the directory server


GUID (objectGUID) of server object under the configuration partition


GUID (objectGUID) of NTDS settings object under the configuration partition


For AD LDS instances the syntax for the server object name is <computer-name>$<instance-name>. The following is an example of this syntax:


asia-w7-vm4$instance1


When you type this value in Windows PowerShell, you must use the backtick (`) as an escape character for the dollar sign ($). Therefore, for
this example, you would type the following:


asia-w7-vm4`$instance1


You can also set the parameter to a directory server object variable, such as $<localDirectoryServerObject>.


The Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasteRole cmdlet provides two options for moving operation master roles:


1. Role transfer, which involves transferring roles to be moved by running the cmdlet using the Identity parameter to specify the current role
holder and the OperationMasterRole parameter to specify the roles for transfer. This is the recommended option.


Operation roles include PDCEmulator, RIDMaster, InfrastructureMaster, SchemaMaster, or DomainNamingMaster. To specify more than one role, use
a comma-separated list.


2. Role seizure, which involves seizing roles you previously attempted to transfer by running the cmdlet a second time using the same
parameters as the transfer operation, and adding the Force parameter. The Force parameter must be used as a switch to indicate that seizure
(instead of transfer) of operation master roles is being performed. This operation still attempts graceful transfer first, then seizes if
transfer is not possible.


Unlike using Ntdsutil.exe to move operation master roles, the Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasteRole cmdlet can be remotely executed from
any domain joined computer where the Active Directory PowerShell administration module is installed and available for use. This can make the
process of moving roles simpler and easier to centrally administer as each of the two command operations required can be run remotely and do
not have to be locally executed at each of the corresponding role holders involved in the movement of the roles (i.e. role transfer only
allowed at the old role holder, role seizure only allowed at the new role holder).

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