from new DC or other DC ntdsutil domain management <--Didn't work partition management connections connect to server xxxxx001 connect to domain DOMAIN q q roles Seize domain naming master Seize infrastructure master Seize PDC Seize RID master regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll mmc Add active directory schema Seize schema master global catalog gpupdate /force from new DC or other DC ntdsutil partition management connections connect to server xxxxx001 connect to domain DOMAIN q q roles Seize infrastructure master Seize naming master Seize PDC Seize RID master Seize schema master regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll mmc Add Active Directory Sites and Services ADSaS Sites Default-First-Site-Name Servers SERVERxxx Click Once NTDS Settings - right click Properties global catalog - Make sure it's checked gpupdate /force