Re: Installing Active Directory on SMS 2003 server

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But that is just what i am doing. The NY server already has sms 2003 on it.
Because NY is on a diffrent subnet, i am going to configure AD when the the
server arrives in NY.
I need to be sure about the SMS_Site...groups, are they going to be migrated
to AD.
Is the a white paper somewhere??


"Kim Oppalfens" wrote:

>
> Erm, not sure, but if the Sms site server would be a DC the I assume the
> tool would create them in ad. Just like a setup that is initially runs
> on a dc immediately creates the groups in AD.
>
> What I was trying to say is that the groups would not be created in AD
> if you first install sms and later on decide to make the machine a DC.
>
> Kim Oppalfens
> MVP SMS
>
>
> In article <9979B3C9-8E1C-480D-BE8B-02D5F674678C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> > This is a little bit vague. Where is this tool going to created those groups?
> > Not Locally on the server, because AD is installed, and like you said the
> > groups are not created in AD.
> > For Site communication i must make the servers member of the
> > SMS_Site....groups.
> >
> >
> > Kim Oppalfens" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > The aclreset.exe tool recreates these groups though, and resets all ntfs
> > > & registry permissions to there original settings.
> > >
> > > Kim Oppalfens
> > > MVP SMS
> > > In article <MPG.1d0a08d365c7ae57989ee0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > > kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> > > >
> > > > These groups won't be seen in AD, if you upgrade a member server to a DC
> > > > the local accounts / groups are not imported into AD.
> > > >
> > > > Kim Oppalfens
> > > > MVP SMS
> > > > In article <66038411-5178-4227-97C8-AF147528EC3E@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > > > Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> > > > > I have a primary site server. It is a member server in Amsterdam domain. In
> > > > > Amsterdam i am installing a secondary SMS server, to be place in NewYork.
> > > > > Amsterdam and NewYork are in diffrent subnets. The harddisk wil be shipped to
> > > > > NY and i will configure it further, change ipadres, configure the boundaries
> > > > > etc.
> > > > > Now i got to do a dcpromo on the secondary server. The local
> > > > > SMS_Site.....groups would not be available locally. I think that they would
> > > > > be seen in AD. Is that a problem...
> > > > > What are the problems i can expect.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kim Oppalfens
> > > SMS MVP
> > >
> >
>
> --
> Kim Oppalfens
> SMS MVP
>
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