Dsmgmt Command In Windows Server 2008
This article explains how to use Dsmgmt command in Windows Server 2008 operating system.
Introduction
Dsmgmt command is used for managing active directory lightweight directory services application partitions, managing and controlling single flexible single masters operations and cleaning up metadata that is left behind by abandoned active directory domains controllers and AD LDS instances.
Commands Of Dsmgmt
| Command |
Short Form |
Description |
| configurable settings |
co s |
Manages configurable settings. |
| DS behavior |
ds b |
Views and modifies AD DS and AD LDS behavior. |
| group membership evaluation |
g m e |
Evaluates SIDs in a token for a specified user or group. |
| LDAP policies |
- |
Manages LDAP protocol policies. |
| local roles |
lo r |
Manages local administrative roles on a read-only domain controller. |
| metadata cleanup |
m c |
Cleans up objects of decommissioned servers. |
| partition management |
pa m |
Manages directory partitions. |
| popups off |
po off |
Disables popups. |
| popups on |
po on |
Enables popups. |
| roles |
r |
Manages operations master roles. |
| security account management |
sec a m |
Manages Security Account Database and duplicate SID cleanup. |
| set DSRM password |
set d p |
Resets the DSRM administrator password. |
| ? |
- |
Shows help at the command prompt. |
| help |
- |
Shows help at the command prompt. |
| quit |
- |
Quits Dsmgmt. |
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