I am migrating from a `Windows Small Business Server 2008` to a `Windows Server 2016` and am looking at the final steps moving the fsmo roles over to the new server. I am following [this guide](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/canitpro/2017/05/24/step-by-step-migrating-active-directory-fsmo-roles-from-windows-server-2012-r2-to-2016/) (starting from 'Migrate FSMO to Server 2016). First step is to query who actually holds the roles with `netdom`

```
PS C:\Windows\system32> netdom query fsmo
Schema master               [sourceserver].[domain].local
Domain naming master        [sourceserver].[domain].local
PDC                         [sourceserver].[domain].local
RID pool manager            [sourceserver].[domain].local
Infrastructure master       [sourceserver].[domain].local
The command completed successfully.  

```

this looks as expected so I run the next commen (PowerShell on the Target Server)

```
PS C:\Windows\system32> Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity [targetserver] -OperationMasterRole SchemaMaster
, DomainNamingMaster, PDCEmulator, RIDMaster, InfrastructureMaster

```

just it's throwing an error at me which I don't know what to make of. 

```
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole : Unable to find a default server with Active Directory Web Services running.
At line:1 char:1
+ Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity COMSRV2018 -Opera ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (COMSRV2018:ADDirectoryServer) [Move-ADDirector...ationMasterRole],
    ADServerDownException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:1355,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.MoveADDirectory
   ServerOperationMasterRole

```

Running the`netdom`query again it still indicates the fsmo roles being with the source server.

One obvoius effect is that I have a lot of [red indicators in the target servers Daschboard](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LI1pN.png) which all say `Online - restart pending`

![red indicators in the target servers Daschboard](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LI1pN.png)

I am hesitant to just restart the server due to the error I got. Can someone advise what to do at this point?
My guide would tell me to:  

**`Uninstall-ADDSDomainController -DemoteOperationMasterRole -RemoveApplicationPartition`** on the source server (but only **after** the Moving of the roles was successfull (which it wasn't in my scenario)

any suggestions on how to proceed?