Re: Best way to add NT box

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Or rebuild it as an NT4 member server if you have old software not
compatible with 2000/2003 (such as software still in use, company out of
business, not making 200x software).

Gregg Hill


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23NhqguotFHA.3528@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Pardon my jumping in(line):
>
> In news:dg098m$40m$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Mocacius <mocacius@xxxxxxx> typed:
>> Thanks. Actually, my next question was "Can I make the existing NT4
>> PDC, just a member server?
>
> Nope.
>
>> How?"
>
> You can't demote an NT domain controller without unsupported third party
> tools.
>
>> All I want, is really make sure
>> that the existing nodes still have access to the information on the
>> NT box.
>
> Just move the data off it, and onto another server, and rebuild the box as
> a W2003/2000 member server if you really need it at all. NT is no longer
> supported, anyway.
>>
>>
>> "Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OOnXoJdtFHA.3188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> You cannot have an NT PDC or BDC in an SBS 2003 domain. You can have
>>> NT4 member servers. In anticipation of your next question, yes, you
>>> can have 2000/2003 member or domain controller servers in the SBS
>>> 2003 domain.
>>>
>>> Gregg Hill
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mocacius" <mocacius@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:dft3ce$fdq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Oops, sorry I actually meant NT4 :-(
>>>>
>>>> What I want is this, i.e., every box visibl/accessible to all
>>>> others. Does this make sense?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Clients
>>>> |
>>>> |
>>>> (Wireless ROUTER)
>>>> |
>>>> |
>>>> NT4 Server <---> (ROUTER) <---> 2003 SBS Server
>>>> |
>>>> |
>>>> Clients
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "TimeTraveller" <TimeTraveller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>>> message news:OrLumpXtFHA.3640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> What exactly do you want to end up with here?
>>>>> Assume by NT5 your mean a 2000 server? or did you mean NT4?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mocacius" <mocacius@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:dfsokq$spm$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> What's the best way to connect an existing NT5 server box (PDC)
>>>>>> to a new
>>>>>> Domain with a 2003 SBS server? Or, should I keep the two domains
>>>>>> totally
>>>>>> separate, and have clients conected to either and/or both?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *M*
>
>


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