Flexible Single Master Operation (Fsmo) Roles; Fsmo Roles And Limitations; Rid Master; Pdc Emulator Master - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - DOMAIN SERVICE FOR WINDOWS Manual

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(FSMO) Roles
This section provides details on the various FSMO roles and provides details on transferring and
seizing FSMO roles.
Section 18.1, "FSMO Roles and Limitations," on page 201
Section 18.2, "Transferring and Seizing FSMO Roles," on page 202

18.1 FSMO Roles and Limitations

FSMO roles also known as Operations Master are roles performed by the domain controller to
facilitate replication.
In a forest, there are five FSMO roles that are assigned to one or more domain controllers. By
default the first domain controller in the domain holds all the roles. The five FSMO roles are as
follows:

RID Master

PDC Emulator Master

Infrastructure Master
Schema Master
Domain Master
18.1.1 RID Master
The RID master is responsible for processing RID pool requests from all domain controllers in a
particular domain
Limitations
We support this role completely and there are no known limitations.
18.1.2 PDC Emulator Master
The PDC emulator is a domain controller that advertises itself as the first domain controller to
workstations, member servers, and domain controllers
In DSfW the PDC Emulator supports only the following functionality:
By default the editing or creation of Group Policy Objects (GPO) is always done from the GPO copy
located in the PDC Emulator's SYSVOL share.
Limitations
All the other features of PDC Emulator are not supported.

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