Re: SBS2003 & Server 2K

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"Robert Zahm" wrote:

> "Workwithcisco" <Workwithcisco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> >
> > "Robert Zahm" wrote:
> >
> >> A 2000 server can be a member server in the domain.
> >>
> >> From the SBS feature guide:
> >> Setting Up Additional Servers
> >> Flexible and fast additional server deployment
> >>
> > Snip
> >
> > I tried the above, and ran into problems since the other server is already
> > a
> > DC. I was wondering if there is a way to merge existing users from one DC
> > to
> > the SBS and adding that server without destroying the user information,
> > otherwise the existing server will have problems with a bunch of files
> > already in place that have certain permissions on them to prevent people
> > from
> > writing to them, but allowing them to be viewed. Also looking for an easy
> > way to do it since the server in question is also our monitoring server
> > for
> > the entire network. We provide VOIP services, and this server handles our
> > customer store. I want to be able to access the file via the companyweb
> > on
> > the SBS, but not store that information on the SBS server, instead on the
> > server in our office so we can back it up with off site storage. I dont
> > think
> > I can do that if the other servier is not a member of the SBS domain.
>
> I've only done this once, so I'm certainly not the expert. I'm not sure if
> you can move users over to a new domain or not. It seems like you should at
> least be able to write a script to print your user data to a text file, and
> then another one to read that text file and create an account on the new
> domain. Again, not sure exactly how to do it though, or if there is a
> better way.
>
> I don't think that adding your 2k server to the domain as a member server
> will destroy your current user accounts, although when I moved a server over
> it was from a workgroup to a domain, so I can't say for sure. All of my our
> accounts were left intact, and the permissions still referenced the box's
> local user accounts, not any domain accounts.
>
> Rob
>
>
>

Demoting a server I found out the hard way removes user accounts. I had a
Unity server that I needed to move to a different domain, and when I did
that, it blew away all the accounts, thereby crashing the Exchange and Unity
portion of the server forcing me to completely rebuild from scratch. I know
I can export the users, but have not found out how to import them.
.

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