Re: Migration of a WIN2000 "native mode" domain to WINSERVER 2003

From: Moreno (Moreno_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:33:07 -0800

Thanks JIMMY!

But excuse me, what does IMHO stands for?

I also heard about the necessity of using ADPREP...

...is ths correct?

Thanks again!

Bye.

Moreno

"Jimmy Andersson [MVP]" wrote:

> An in-place upgrade would be the easiest way IMHO.
>
> Regards,
> /Jimmy
> --
> Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB
> Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
> ---------- www.qadvice.com ----------
>
>
> "Moreno" <Moreno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3390D0A8-D3E0-4AF1-B9B9-CBCCC3D15B4C@microsoft.com...
> > Hi to all.
> >
> > This is my scenario.
> > In our company we have a "SINGLE DOMAIN - MULTIPLE SITES" Windows 2000
> > "native mode" domain, running Active Directory.
> >
> > There are, currently, 4 sites with 6 DC's.
> > The situation is as follows.
> >
> > FIRST SITE
> > =======
> > In the first site (the company headquarters), there are TWO DC's and one
> > of
> > these is the OPERATION MASTER for the forest, the MAIN DNS, etc.
> > The second DC' is a second CG server but it is only a simple file server
> >
> > SECOND SITE (located at 20 km from the first site)
> > =========
> > In the second site, there are other TWO DC's, one of these runs the GC,
> > DNS
> > for the site, WINS, DHCP, etc.
> >
> > THIRD SITE (located 150 km from the first site)
> > =======
> > Only a single GC DOMAIN CONTROLLER to serve the internal LAN
> >
> > FOURTH SITE (located 200 km from the first site)
> > =========
> > Only a single GC DOMAIN CONTROLLER to serve the internal LAN
> >
> > All the sites are connected via HDSL links (2 Mbits) and replicated to the
> > first site regularly every THREE HOURS with the operation's master DC.
> > All works well, no problems.
> >
> > Now, we have decided to migrate all the entire domain to the WIN 2003
> > platform, but, obviously, we have many hundreds of users and computers and
> > we
> > would like to migrate to the new environment without problems.
> >
> > So, the great question is: what are the steps to do to make a successful
> > migration?
> >
> > Can someone help me?
> >
> > Thanks in advance to all!!
> >
> > Bye Bye.
> >
> > Moreno
> > (Italy)
> >
> >
>
>
>

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