FSMO roles for seize PDC emulator

hi all,

we have 2 dc in 2 sites dc running windows server 2008 r2 having gc

out of 1 dc in 1 sites holds pdc emulator role , due 2 harddisk failure raid 5 broke , dc lost

after created new adc on fresh server when run netdom query fsmo dead server role still been shown

and password changes , time sync happening have not seize pdc emulator role

is design works or in future need seize pdc emulator role in 1 of dc

as per information of dc holds fsmo roles dies need seize fsmo roles here can still see role assigned server after run command netdom query fsmo

also here new dc have created has same server dead server had had pdc emulator role

so question need seize fsmo role of pdc in other server or let run as not facing issue right now

please assist

thank you

viraj

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hiya,

you should seize pdc role 1 of operating dc's. while domain can operate without pdc, can become problem if time starts drift on domain , authoritative time response required. 1 of important roles of pdc on domain. single reliable time source domain members.

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