Re: Workstations Already Deployed w/o Sysprep and w/ Novell Client
- From: "Ignaurus13" <ignaurus13@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 15:43:43 -0400
I know I can get to correct and working end state, but I am more worried if
something else were to happen down the line, would Microsoft support the
environment knowing how it used to be? Would support be denied? The company
intends to be Microsoft shop and to eliminate Novell, but they just dont
want to reimage. Would this be acceptable or is this something that need to
be discusses with PSS?
Thanks,
Ignaurus13
"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ignaurus13 wrote:
Hello all,
I spoke with company that currently uses Novell and deployed XP
workstations via disk duplication without using SYSPREP. These
machines are all installed with the Novell Netware Client. They
would like to migrate to AD, but do not want to reimage their
workstations. Besides the profile translations required and joining
the domain, I see the following concerns:
Will Microsoft support instance of XP where the Novell Netware
client was previously installed.
Previously, I have heard that Microsoft will not support an
instance of XP once the Novell Netware client was installed, even
if after it has been uninstalled. In the past, the client has been
notoriously difficult to uninstall completely and switches out the
gina.dll used for authentication. Does anyone know the official
stance or is this something that is negotiated on a per customer
basis?
Must all existing workstations be issued new local SIDs to
participate in Active Directory and will Microsoft support this?
I know the bottom line is that Microsoft will not support
duplicated XP instances that have not been issued new SIDs by
SYSPREP, so Microsoft probably will not support these workstations
if they are added to an Active Directory domain with the same SID.
The workstations will still be able to join the domain since the
domain issued SID will be different for each workstation. The local
SID for each are the same for each duplicated computer and are only
used for the machine itself and its media that utilizes NTFS ACLS. I have
not tried SYSPREPing workstations already deployed and in
use, so I am not sure if all profiles will be correctly updated.
Sysinternal's NewSID could help, but that method is also
unsupported by Microsoft.
Any thoughts?
Yes.. I have a thought. I think you are overthinking it all. heh
Run NewSID on the machines(if you feel so inclined - but I doubt you
have/will be using much in terms of direct Microsoft support anyway - not
that this situation precludes your ability to do so), if the profiles are
local profiles and the users will not be logging into the domain (which I
doubt) - you join the domain and the users move on.. If they log in local
now and will be logging into the domain afterwards - you will need to
export/import their profiles (migrate them.) That's it.
There are many scripts out there that will uninstall Novell clients with
ease.
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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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