Re: Moving NT4 based PDC and BDC to Win2k
From: Chriss3 (noSpamHere_at_chrisse.se)
Date: 02/05/04
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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:21:07 +0100
You can also migrate over existing Domain to a new fresh domain.
How to Migrate Your Windows NT 4.0 Directory Services to Windows 2000 Active
Directory:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/tcevents/itevents/tnq20003.asp
Domain Migration Strategies and Windows 2000:
http://www.microsoft.com/Seminar/Includes/Seminar.asp?Url=/Seminar/1033/19990923TEDMS/Portal.xml
Domain Migration Cookbook:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/cookbook.asp
Planning Domain Migration Strategies:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/dpg/default.asp
Planning Migration from Windows NT to Windows 2000:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/plandommig.asp
Download ADMT:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/admt/default.asp
Active Directory Migration Tool Overview:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/activedirectory/admt.asp
Migrating from Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows 2000 Server:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarntserv/html/msdn_nt4to5.asp
-- Regards, Christoffer Andersson No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup If the information was help full, you can let me know at: http://www.itsystem.se/employers.asp?ID=1 "Dale" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i meddelandet news:a2e801c3ec0c$15d1f5b0$a101280a@phx.gbl... > Thx for quick response David. I agree with your upgrade > suggestion. So that said, my plan is to: > - introduce a newer hardware NT4 machine, make it a BDC > - remove the existing BDC I have which is on very shaking > ground hardware wise and OS wise. Its hanging by a thread. > - promote the new hardware BDC to the PDC (via dcpromo I > believe - the existing PDC gets demoted to BDC?) , upgrade > it to Win2k, it would now be a DC for the domain > functioning as a PDC to the remaining NT4 BDC server > - create several DC's on other existing Win2k servers so > that there is more than one copy > - remove the last existing NT4 BDC, now with DC's in the > Win2k environment its services would no longer be > necessary (nothing runs on the existing NT4 servers except > the PDC and BDC service) > - I now am NT4 free and the domain structure has been > migrated to Win2k > > Do you concur? > > >-----Original Message----- > >The "easiest" way to move to AD is to just upgrade your > pdc. In your case > >with the new hw, you'd install one of those boxes as an > nt4 bdc, promote it > >to pdc, and then upgrade to 2k. You can also create > a "new" win2k domain, > >set up trust/s between that 2k domain and your nt domain, > and then use > >ADMTv2 to migrate to the 2k domain. The upgrade route is > the > >quickest/easiest though I believe. However I'd encourage > you to read up on > >the info from the following links if you haven't already, > as 2k is a bit > >different from nt. > > > >http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx? > st=b&View=en-us&na=82&qu=admt > > > >http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp? > url=/technet/prodtechnol/ad/windows2000/plan/migntw2k.asp > > > >note; there is a ton of info on the web site that covers > just about anything > >you'd need. > > > >-- > >David Brandt > >Microsoft Corporation > > > >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and > confers no rights. > >Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. This > alias is for > >newsgroup purposes only. > >"Dale" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message > >news:ac2501c3ec05$cc3569b0$a501280a@phx.gbl... > >> We are totally Win2k with the exception of our PDC and > BDC > >> servers which are NT4 and have remained in place only > for > >> this function. We are planning on retiring these > servers > >> (2) and not upgrading the hardware, but instead move the > >> functions either to a new dedicated AD box or to another > >> existing Win2k server. Not sure if a dedicated AD box > is > >> needed or recommended. > >> > >> What is the easiest way to move to AD with a Win2k > server > >> handing the DC functions, and retire these old NT4 > servers? > >> > >> In our environment users do not log directly into Win2k > >> servers but rather authenticate to eDirectory. Win2k > >> servers are used for applications rather than > >> file/print/authentication which is handled by NetWare. > >> > >> Thx > >> Dale > > > > > >. > >
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