Wow - that's a lot of work.
Seriously, when I move a Novell server from one hardware server to
another, all I have to do is:
1. Install NetWare on the destination server
2. Connect to both servers from a workstation
3. Run the Novell Migration Utility (identify source and destination
servers)
4. Done
Files, rights, trustee assignments, Directory Services - everything - is
moved. Shut off source server and you now have a brand new server and
the users never had a clue that a change was ever made.
Doesn't Microsoft have *anything* close to this? I'm sure it had to
come up at least once in the past 20 years or so.