AD upgrade

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I have a win2000 domain. I want to upgrade to 2003 AD and still run win2000
exchange and keep the win2000 Domain controllers in place to replace at a
later date. I have 14 DC globally. I have all new hardware for the DC’s. I
want to build a new win2003 dc and bring it into the win2000 domain and use
it to upgrade the AD. I need to get our organization running on exchange 2003
before I replace all the DC’s and that is why Im upgrading AD to 2003. I
figured upgrade AD first then bring in exch2k3.

However, I tried this in a test env and ran forstprep on my win2000 dc to
prep for the new 2k3 DC. I got an error stating a conflict with exchange2000.
So I found article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314649

talking about :You run the Inetorgpersonfix.ldf file before you run the
Windows Server 2003 adprep /forestprep command. I’m a little concerned about
running this. Can anyone tell me if I’m approaching this upgrade
appropriately or should I install exch2k3 on the domain first? Any
suggestions? Or options?



Also will my Exch 2k servers run harmoniously on a 2003 domain with 2003
exchange servers ?

 

[Andrei Ungureanu]

you are right. you have 2 choices:either you follow the steps from kb314649,
either you upgrade first to exchange 2000

Regards,
Andrei Ungureanu
www.eventid.net

 

[Jorge_de_Almeida_Pinto]

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I have a win2000 domain. I want to upgrade to 2003 AD and
still run win2000
exchange and keep the win2000 Domain controllers in place to
replace at a
later date. I have 14 DC globally. I have all new hardware for
the DC’s. I
want to build a new win2003 dc and bring it into the win2000
domain and use
it to upgrade the AD. I need to get our organization running
on exchange 2003
before I replace all the DC’s and that is why Im upgrading
AD to 2003. I
figured upgrade AD first then bring in exch2k3.

However, I tried this in a test env and ran forstprep on my
win2000 dc to
prep for the new 2k3 DC. I got an error stating a conflict
with exchange2000.
So I found article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314649

talking about :You run the Inetorgpersonfix.ldf file before
you run the
Windows Server 2003 adprep /forestprep command. I’m a little
concerned about
running this. Can anyone tell me if I’m approaching this
upgrade
appropriately or should I install exch2k3 on the domain first?
Any
suggestions? Or options?



Also will my Exch 2k servers run harmoniously on a 2003 domain
with 2003
exchange servers ?

See the following KBs:
See:
MS-KBQ314649_W2K3 ADPREP Command Causes Mangled Attributes in W2K
Forests That Contain E2K Servers
MS-KBQ325379_How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Domain Controllers to Windows
Server 2003
MS-KBQ555040_Common Mistakes When Upgrade Windows 2000 Domain To
Windows 2003
http://www.petri.co.il/windows_2003_adprep.htm
MS-KBQ555038_How to enable Windows 98-ME-NT clients to logon to
Windows 2003 based Domains
MS-KBQ887426_Incorrect Schema extension for OS X prevents ForestPrep
from completing in Windows 2000
MS-KBQ555262_Common Mistakes When Upgrading Exchange 5.5-2000 To a
Exchange 2003
MS-KBQ822942_Considerations When You Upgrade to Exchange Server 2003