migration of domain and file server from NT 4.0 to 2003

[Guest]

Hi,

I Have two doamin NT 4.0 and 2003 AD.

How can I use ADMT so user can get their profiles in new domain with the
share directory maped through login script and mapping directories in PC?

How can I migrate file server that has user home directories and other
shared data to new windows 2003 server without intrupting users?
How can I use FSMT tools?

Please suggest your views.

Thanks,

 

[Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP]]

Migration high level steps are:
* Make sure the AD has been configured (sites, subnets, replication, OUs,
GPOs, delegations, DNS, WINS, DHCP, etc.)
* Setup name resolution (WINS or DNS) between source and target
domain/forest
* Setup trusts (if an external trust is configured and sidhistory is used,
disable sid filtering)
* Install and configure migration tooling
* Migrate groups, user accounts with passwords and group memberships (with
sidhistory)
* Migrate clients from the source domain to the target domain, translate
security on the client, and translate profiles (at this moment users start
logging on with their new AD account on the migrated clients that have been
migrated previously to the w2k3 domain)
* Migrate mailboxes if needed
* Migrate servers to the new domain or migrate data to new servers
* Translate security (Re-ACL) of the data from source security principals to
target security principals (replace the security descriptors from the old
domain with the security descriptors from the new domain )
* Cleanup temporary configurations
* Cleanup sidhistory (recommended!). sIDHistory is used to access resources
while those resources still have security descriptors from the old domain.
As soon as all data (file, folders, mailboxes, etc.) have been re-ACL-ed
sIDHistory can be cleaned. Sidhistory should only be used temporary for
migration purposes!
* Remove trusts
* Decommission old domain(s)


For more info on migrating to an AD domain also see:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/deploy/cookbook/default.mspx

ADMTv3 has been out for a while, so be sure to use that version.
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...7B-533A-466D-A8E8-AFF85AD3D212&displaylang=en)

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Cheers,
(HOPEFULLY THIS INFORMATION HELPS YOU!)

# Jorge de Almeida Pinto # MVP Windows Server - Directory Services

BLOG --> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/default.aspx

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Thanks for reply.

I have question about ADMT, What can we migrate from NT 4.0 to 2003 AD? I
mean users, Group, Computers, Member servers, Profiles, etc. Please specify
the complet set because I want to migrate as much as possible to Windows 2003
AD just like inplace upgrade.

Is there any way so I can rename the username while migration? Because at
present I have username like XYZ12345 and I want to it will be
"firstname.lastname" in 2003 AD.

How all profile will be migrated?

If I will migrate the File Server through ADMT after the users, group and
computer, is every thing is working fine? I mean Share folders, users home
directory etc.

If I use DFS root server for consolidation and File server migration tool
kit how it will go through?

Thanks,

 

[Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP]]

you are asking for a complete migration plan and that depends on how your
env is setup and is IMHO too much to answer here. use the steps mentioned
below so you can create your own migration plan.

use can migrate a lot using ADMT. If I'm correct ADMTv3 can do the rename of
the users

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Cheers,
(HOPEFULLY THIS INFORMATION HELPS YOU!)

# Jorge de Almeida Pinto # MVP Windows Server - Directory Services

BLOG --> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/default.aspx