[Samba] Demote Win2008R2 DC Fail

Rowland penny rpenny at samba.org
Mon Jul 11 18:47:56 UTC 2016


On 11/07/16 19:26, Anderson Hoffmann do Carmo wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am using a Windows Server 2008R2 as primary DC and a Ubuntu Server 16.04
> as secundary DC with Samba 4.3.9 (from repository/apt-get)
> I am transfered FSMO rules to Samba and I am try to demote Windows, but
> fail!

How did you transfer the FSMO roles ?
What 'tool' did you use ?

> The error is:
>
> The operation failed:
> The active directory domain services could not find another domain
> controller to transfer the remaining data on the partition
> DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=testead,DC=minhaempresa,DC=com
> "the specified domain does not exist or can not be contacted"

Have you tried running 'samba-tool fsmo show' in a terminal on the Samba 
DC ?
If so, does it show all 7 FSMO role owners or does it end with an error 
message ?

Rowland

> ​Any ideia?
>
> ​The Samba DC it's OK and operational
>
>
>
> Anderson Hoffmann




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