Sanjeev kumar Jha

• Apr 19th, 2015

 

All active directory FSMO roles are transferable and sizable. For transferring/sizing Schema Master Role you have to first register schmmgmt.dll through cmd then add Schema snap in from MMC command and transfer schema master.

Mahipal Singh

• Oct 11th, 2017

 

Schema Master FSMO Role
The schema master FSMO role holder is the DC responsible for performing updates to the directory schema (that is, the schema naming context or LDAP://cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=). This DC is the only one that can process updates to the directory schema. Once the Schema update is complete, it is replicated from the schema master to all other DCs in the directory. There is only one schema master per directory.
Domain Naming Master FSMO Role
The domain naming master FSMO role holder is the DC responsible for making changes to the forest-wide domain name space of the directory (that is, the PartitionsConfiguration naming context or LDAP://CN=Partitions, CN=Configuration, DC=). This DC is the only one that can add or remove a domain from the directory. It can also add or remove cross references to domains in external directories.
RID Master FSMO Role
The RID master FSMO role holder is the single DC responsible for processing RID Pool requests from all DCs within a given domain. It is also responsible for removing an object from its domain and putting it in another domain during an object move.
When a DC creates a security principal object such as a user or group, it attaches a unique Security ID (SID) to the object. This SID consists of a domain SID (the same for all SIDs created in a domain), and a relative ID (RID) that is unique for each security principal SID created in a domain.
Each Windows DC in a domain is allocated a pool of RIDs that it is allowed to assign to the security principals it creates. When a DCs allocated RID pool falls below a threshold, that DC issues a request for additional RIDs to the domains RID master. The domain RID master responds to the request by retrieving RIDs from the domains unallocated RID pool and assigns them to the pool of the requesting DC. There is one RID master per domain in a directory.
PDC Emulator FSMO Role
The PDC emulator is necessary to synchronize time in an enterprise. Windows includes the W32Time (Windows Time) time service that is required by the Kerberos authentication protocol. All Windows-based computers within an enterprise use a common time. The purpose of the time service is to ensure that the Windows Time service uses a hierarchical relationship that controls authority and does not permit loops to ensure appropriate common time usage.
The PDC emulator of a domain is authoritative for the domain. The PDC emulator at the root of the forest becomes authoritative for the enterprise, and should be configured to gather the time from an external source. All PDC FSMO role holders follow the hierarchy of domains in the selection of their in-bound time partner.
In a Windows domain, the PDC emulator role holder retains the following functions:
Password changes performed by other DCs in the domain are replicated preferentially to the PDC emulator.
Authentication failures that occur at a given DC in a domain because of an incorrect password are forwarded to the PDC emulator before a bad password failure message is reported to the user.
Account lockout is processed on the PDC emulator.
The PDC emulator performs all of the functionality that a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server-based PDC or earlier PDC performs for Windows NT 4.0-based or earlier clients.
This part of the PDC emulator role becomes unnecessary when all workstations, member servers, and domain controllers that are running Windows NT 4.0 or earlier are all upgraded to Windows 2000. The PDC emulator still performs the other functions as described in a Windows 2000 environment.
The following information describes the changes that occur during the upgrade process:
Windows clients (workstations and member servers) and down-level clients that have installed the distributed services client package do not perform directory writes (such as password changes) preferentially at the DC that has advertised itself as the PDC; they use any DC for the domain.
Once backup domain controllers (BDCs) in down-level domains are upgraded to Windows 2000, the PDC emulator receives no down-level replica requests.
Windows clients (workstations and member servers) and down-level clients that have installed the distributed services client package use the Active Directory to locate network resources. They do not require the Windows NT Browser service.
Infrastructure FSMO Role
When an object in one domain is referenced by another object in another domain, it represents the reference by the GUID, the SID (for references to security principals), and the DN of the object being referenced. The infrastructure FSMO role holder is the DC responsible for updating an objects SID and distinguished name in a cross-domain object reference.