Microsoft KB Archive/831994

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Dsquery shows the primary domain controller emulator role owner when it queries for the Infrastructure Master role owner in Windows Server 2003

Article ID: 831994

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)

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SYMPTOMS

When you run the dsquery server -hasfsmo infr command to identify the Infrastructure Master role owner, Dsquery incorrectly reports the primary domain controller (PDC) emulator role owner.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, run one of the following commands instead:

• Dumpfsmos DomainController
  

Note Replace DomainController with the name of a domain controller in any domain in the forest.

• Netdom query fsmo
• Netdiag

To install Netdom.exe and Netdiag.exe, run the \Support\Tools\Suptools.msi Microsoft Windows Installer file that is on your Microsoft Windows Server 2003 CD. To obtain and to install Dumpfsmos.exe, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927229

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft product updates, tools, and add-ons, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Additional query words: dsa PDCE

Keywords: kbwinserv2003presp1fix kbfix kbwinservnetwork kbqfe kbbug KB831994

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