Raising the Functional Levels
Introduction
The Active Directory (AD) functional levels determine the domain or forest capabilities. For details, see:
Supported Functional Levels
Samba supports the following functional levels:
Functional Level | Supported in Samba Version |
---|---|
2012_R2 | 4.4 and later |
2012 | 4.4 and later |
2008_R2 | 4.0 and later |
2008 | 4.0 and later |
2003 | 4.0 and later |
Raising the Domain Functional Level
Using samba-tool
To raise the domain functional level on a Samba Active Directory (AD) domain controller (DC), use samba-tool
. For example, to set the domain functional level to 2008_R2
:
# samba-tool domain level raise --domain-level=2008_R2
For a list of supported domain functional levels, see Supported Functional Levels.
Using the Windows Active Directory Domains and Trusts Utility
Rasing the domain functional level using the Active Directory Domains and Trusts utility is currently not supported.For details, see https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10360 |
Run the following steps on a Windows machine having the remote server administration tools (RSAT) installed:
- Log in as domain administrator.
- Open the
Active Directory Domains and Trusts
utility.
- Right-click the domain on the left side and select
Raise Domain Functional Level
.
- Select the functional level.
- Click
OK
.
Raising the Forest Functional Level
Using samba-tool
You can not set the forest functional level higher than the domain functional level. |
Using samba-tool
To raise the forest functional level on a Samba Active Directory (AD) domain controller (DC), use samba-tool
. For example, to set the forest functional level to 2012_R2
:
# samba-tool domain level raise --forest-level=2008_R2
For a list of supported forest functional levels, see Supported Functional Levels.
Using the Windows Active Directory Domains and Trusts Utility
Rasing the domain functional level using the Active Directory Domains and Trusts utility is currently not supported.For details, see https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10360 |
Run the following steps on a Windows machine having the remote server administration tools (RSAT) installed:
- Log in as domain administrator.
- Open the
Active Directory Domains and Trusts
utility.
- Right-click
Active Directory Domains and Trusts
on the left side and selectRaise Forest Functional Level
.
- Select the functional level.
- Click
OK
.