Threads Replies Last Post 6 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6   NT 4 - Win 2003 R2 Name change and no dns Have an upcoming NT migration to Windows 2003 R2 as a one off project to help out another company. Their NT 4 server is currently used for user logins and print sharing. File, Mail and DHCP servers are currently being provided by Linux servers. The aim is to maintain functionality of the linux serves which currently participate in Domain security using Samba suite (utilising winbind) ... 7 03.07.2007 05:22:29 NT4 to 2k3 ADMT Migration Accounts? Hello, Currently I have an old NT4 domain (let's call it domain X) and a 2003 domain (domain Y). I am trying to obviously move user, groups, and workstations from the domain X to domain Y. My main issue is that I cannot figure out how to fix their migration accounts. I have read all the MS information on the domain migration and understand that I need accounts that have administrative acces... 4 03.07.2007 03:59:48 ADMT post script commands Hi, I'm using ADMT v.3 to migrate users between two Windows 2003 domains. What I'd like to do is once ADMT has finished migrating the specified users it then moves those users (in the source domain) to another OU (also within the source domain). I want to do this so I can easily have all the migrated accounts in one place in the source domain without having to shift them around manual... 6 02.07.2007 06:10:37 Migrating win2000srv to 2003 Hello We have the following scenario: 2 servers.1 of them is terminal server and the 2nd is the main server.Both of them have windows 2000 server installed.On the main server there is an ERP SQL based program which is being accessed by all clients (local network and remote).On the main server also there's a terminal licensing server with 10 licenses. We're going to change the main ser... 3 02.07.2007 06:08:59 Unable to boot Windows 2000 Server after changing RAID controller Hi, I need to change an Adaptec RAID controller and its set of HDD for others and I have the next problem. Scenario: Windows 2000 Server SP4 working on a server with Adaptec RAID controller (RAID 5), let's say A RAID Test phase #1: I have copied (Ghost) the discs on the RAID on a single IDE HDD. Test were successful and the server works fine, but slower (normal). Test phase #2: I ha... 4 02.07.2007 05:55:50 Advice NT4.0 to 2k3 environment I inherited this mess and want to clean it up Environment is as follows T-1 -> Cisco router (dhcp) -> Switch ->PDC and BDC NT 4 *dhcp is from the router, dns isnt being used at all currently (ack!) there is a 2003 server on the network now hosting sqlbase but its just a member server NT servers are too old to even think about upgrading I was wondering if anyone had tried th... 4 02.07.2007 05:53:54 File server role transfer from Win03 to Win03R2-64 Win03 - file server role, secondary DNS and exchange Win03R2-64 (64 bits) - application server Planning to move the file server role from Win03 to Win03R2-64, what are the tools will do the job? Will I be getting problems with the 64 bits server during the conversion? Thanks in advance. ... 2 29.06.2007 06:22:25 Netlogon problem with Restricted Groups GPO during mig. Hi, this is my scenario: I want to move computer accounts from one AD domain to another using ADMT 3.0. To do this I only need to add the Account ADMT is running on to the local Administrators group of every computer in the source domain. So I added the Restricted Group (Target\Domain Admins is member of Builtin\Administrators) to the Default Domain Policy of the source domain. ... 2 29.06.2007 05:16:43 upgrade from 03 standard 32 bit to 64 bit Recently installed 03 standard 32bit on a new server, and recognize that it only support up to 4 GB of RAMs, but the new server have 6 GB of RAMs. Correct me if I am wrong, I am thinking upgrading the OS to Window standard 64 bit, which support 32 GB RAMs, what is the best step to do this? Thanks.... 8 29.06.2007 03:18:00 NT TO 2003 - NOW AD BAD SYNTAX ERROR Upgraded nt to 2003 and now none of the admin accts have true admin access on two upgraded servers. I can perform patches and windows update but get an error trying to open active directory & users: naming information cannot be located because: The object has bad syntax. Contact your system admin to verify that your domain is properly configured and is currently online. I need to... 6 28.06.2007 09:38:49 Upgrading W2K Domain to W2K3 Domain Background Info: We have a single Windows 2000 domain with 4 domain controllers in 2 sites. We would like to a upgrade to a Windows 2003 domain. The plan is to introduce a new W2K3 DC into the domain rather than doing an in-place upgrade on an existing DC. We have Exchange 2003 running on a Windows 2003 member server. Question: Since we already ran forestprep and domainprep in ... 8 28.06.2007 06:05:26 migration effect on group policy I am migrating some accounts from one 2003 domain to another 2003 domain in another forest. Does ADMT migrate the group policies as well? What about ensuring the same default domain policy is in place. Do I have to create these manually before migratng the accounts? Thanks, Matt ... 3 27.06.2007 09:47:41 Using FSMT to Migrate Root Level Shares When using FSMT to migrate shares the normal behaviour is that any Top Level Share which is selected which includes shares residing beneath are also migrated and shared out on the destination server. i.e if I migrated the ShareA which includes ShareB and ShareC these would be shared out on the destination server as : ShareA_servername ShareB_servername ShareC_servername However ... 7 26.06.2007 08:49:25 Documentation of servers, directories, software ??? As I sit in front of my new server, Tabula Rasa, I was wondering if / how other people doucument things on thier servers. I inhereted a totally disorganised server / and network and am trying to put it right as we move to Win2K3. The problems that have occured in the past is that people have created directories on the server, installed software, copied thier whole C drive (among ot... 7 26.06.2007 06:23:03 Replacing Windows NT domain with 2003 We would like to replace (not upgrade) our existing Windows NT based domain with a Windows Server 2003 based domain. We have a Windows NT PDC which is also a file and print server. The PDC hosts DNS, WINS and DHCP for the domain. We have a Windows NT BDC which is also an Exchange server. We have 25 workstations and laptops all running Windows XP Professional SP2. We have purchased 3 n... 3 26.06.2007 06:15:25 FSMT Report Incorrect After Data Migration I have just migrated 35GB of data from one server to the other, what is confusing is the number of Files/Folders the Migration report has indicated has been copied. The migration report states that 218,794 files and folders have been copied. When I check where the data has been copied to and check the data size it reports that 186,238 files and folders have been copied. Why is the... 9 26.06.2007 06:10:59 Moving a server with workgroup shares into a domain - will shares still work? Hi, I have a Windows 2003 server that is not yet part of my new domain. There are several workgroup users who have access to shared folders on it and to an ACT! SQL server install. If I add it to the domain what will happen to the user accounts for the shares? Will they still be able to access them or will I have to add all users to the domain at the same time and create new accounts/right... 4 25.06.2007 15:35:19 Migration of server with underscore I am about to replace an NT 4 server with a name of "server_nt". I've read about why underscores are not recommended in server names, but still would prefer to accomplish this upgrade with a minimum of hassle. I've done upgrades using Jeff Middleton's Swing Migration methods and like being able to drop in a new server with the same name and IP address as the old one. The domain name... 5 25.06.2007 10:18:24 SID history trouble in Win2k3 to Win2k3 migration Hello- I'm having trouble with the Active Directory Migration Tool v3 and a Win2k3 to Win2k3 migration. I'm trying to migrate global groups with SID history, and I'm running into an unusual error. When I attempt to use the Group Account Migration Wizard in ADMT, I'm able to successfully step through it until I reach the Group Options dialog, where I check the box for "Migrate group SIDs... 13 22.06.2007 03:33:26 2003 inter-forest migration Where can I find some good info on migrating a 2003 domain from one forest to another (both 2003)? All of the resources I have been able to locate are for migrating NT/2000 domains. Thanks, Matt ... 3 21.06.2007 11:53:43 File/Print Migration between Windows 2003 Server How do I go about migrating File/Print services from a Win2003 Std SP1 Svr to a Win2003 Std R2 SP2 Svr ? ... 3 21.06.2007 09:55:01 migrating File/Print services between 2 Win2003 Svr How do I go about migrating File/Print services from a Win2003 Std SP1 Svr to another Win2003 Std R2 SP2 Svr ?... 2 21.06.2007 09:44:45 Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 upgrade to 2003... I am planning on upgrading my environment very soon. I have five DCs located in 3 different locations, all connected via WAN links. None of the Exchange servers (I have two) are DCs. I've read most of the posts here and have learned quite a bit, but a lot of it is confusing too. Has anyone done this type of upgrade recently? I'm looking for clarification on the upgrade process - I don'... 8 21.06.2007 09:16:48 Gradual Win2k to SBS2003 Migration We have a Windows 2000 Server acting as a DC for 30 users, Email is provided by individual pc POP3 accounts with locally stored PST files, shared data provided by networked Buffalo terrastations. The server also runs SQL 2000 for access to a business application for 5 of those 30 users. We are going to install a brand new server running SBS 2003 Premium. The plan is to eventually migrate... 6 21.06.2007 08:25:55 Moving PC's from NT to Wn2K Domain ??? I am trying to eventually go from NT to Win2k3. So I set up a test network with an NT 4.0 PDC (Domain Borg) , a Wn2K PDC (Domain Sith) and a CentOS maching running Samba (Mygroup) I just started fooling around seeing how to join domains and see how things worked. I got an old PC from our production network and plugged it in to the test network - after adjusting the subnet m... 4 21.06.2007 07:59:23 6 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6