transfer accounts

[Andy Welcomer]

Hello Everyone,

I'm building a replacement server for a hardware refresh of an aging
platform. the server in question has a lot of local accounts on it. Is
there a way to transfer those accounts to the new machine?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In

Hello Everyone,

I'm building a replacement server for a hardware refresh of an aging
platform. the server in question has a lot of local accounts on it.
Is there a way to transfer those accounts to the new machine?

You can do a system state backup & restore it to the new server, or you can
image the whole shebang using third party tools and create a clone (you may
need to tweak drivers if your hardware is vastly different). I'm not sure
whether "aging platform" means it's not running W2000/2003, though....if so,
what is it running?

 

[Andy Welcomer]

Problem is we don't have software that can clone a machine with disimiliar
hardware.

the platform is running 2000 however its about 6 years old and the hardware
is failing. To do a clean reuild will be very diffecult as its a machine in
a workgroup, using only local accounts. there are about 50 accounts on it.



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

[Andy Welcomer]

I tried a system state backup of the old and restore on the new. No
success. Any other suggestions??

Thanks for everything.

Problem is we don't have software that can clone a machine with disimiliar
hardware.

the platform is running 2000 however its about 6 years old and the hardware
is failing. To do a clean reuild will be very diffecult as its a machine in
a workgroup, using only local accounts. there are about 50 accounts on it.



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

In

You can do a system state backup & restore it to the new server, or you can
image the whole shebang using third party tools and create a clone (you may
need to tweak drivers if your hardware is vastly different). I'm not sure
whether "aging platform" means it's not running W2000/2003, though....if so,
what is it running?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I tried a system state backup of the old and restore on the new. No
success.

What happened? What errors did you see? Was the new box built with W2000 and
the same SP as the old one?

Any other suggestions??

With 50 users, implement a domain. I don't like workgroups when there are
more PCs than I have fingers on one hand, and I don't have an unusual number
of same. Centralized account databases mean your life is a lot easier.

Thanks for everything.

Problem is we don't have software that can clone a machine with
disimiliar
hardware.

the platform is running 2000 however its about 6 years old and the hardware
is failing. To do a clean reuild will be very diffecult as its a machine in
a workgroup, using only local accounts. there are about 50 accounts on it.



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

In Andy Welcomer <[email protected]> typed:
Hello Everyone,

I'm building a replacement server for a hardware refresh of an aging
platform. the server in question has a lot of local accounts on it.
Is there a way to transfer those accounts to the new machine?

You can do a system state backup & restore it to the new server, or you can
image the whole shebang using third party tools and create a clone (you may
need to tweak drivers if your hardware is vastly different). I'm not sure
whether "aging platform" means it's not running W2000/2003,
though....if so,
what is it running?

 

[Guest]

Have you tried the Active Directory Migration Tool?
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/admt.asp
See if this will work for you. I've used it for migrating NT4 to 2000 and
2000 to 2003 domains, not sure if you're just moving to a new box or updating
server software also, but it sould do the job for you.