Update the FRS member object

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Use this procedure to update the File Replication service (FRS) member object after renaming a domain controller.

For more information about this procedure, see article 316826 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=82821).

Administrative Credentials

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Domain Admins group or the Enterprise Admins group.

To update the FRS member object

  1. Using Ldp.exe (or ADSI edit), find the computer object of the renamed domain controller.

  2. Do a recursive search for an object of type nTFRSSubscriber with the computer name of "Domain System Volume (SYSVOL share)" under the Computer object.

  3. The search filter is "(&((cn=Domain System Volume (SYSVOL share))(objectclass=ntfrssubscriber)))".

  4. Find the fRSMemberReference attribute of the object returned by the search.

  5. Find the object whose domain name is in the fRSMemberReference attribute. This is the Ntfrsmember object corresponding to this domain controller.

  6. Change the computer name of this Ntfrsmember object from the old name of the domain controller to the new name of the domain controller.