RE: [ActiveDir] NT upgrade

[Hayes, Shawn]

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This will work as long as you are on two separate physical networks.  In other words you machines from the two domains cannot and will not be able to communicate - separate hubs, switches, router etc...... The two domains can never exist on the same physical wire plant or like David says you will create a living nightmare.    This is how I tested our upgrade to AD.   NT4 BDC brought online synchronized the domain took the BDC offline and moved it to an isolated lab. Promoted it to a PDC - all user accounts etc were intact Upgraded it to W2K and AD   We then had a fully functional test domain that mimicked the production domain.  We then added E2K servers, print servers etc until we became comfortable with W2K and formulated and documented a plan for production migration.   The point I am drilling in is isolated lab area for testing, do not do this on the same physical plant!   Shawn Hayes   -----Original Message----- From: David Abbishaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] NT upgrade Nope,  the domain sids will be the same,  just the descriptive names will change and you'll have all manor of problems. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Pietrewicz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:27 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] NT upgrade Hello everyone,   I would like to test a domain that has been upgraded from NT to 2000.  If I upgrade an NT domain (domain1) to a 2000 domain and name it domain2, will the NT domain remain functional?  In the end I would like to upgrade an NT domain to a 2000 domain and have both online and functional.   I plan to do this by taking an NT BDC offline, promote it to a PDC, upgrade it to 2000, then name it domain2, and bring it back online.  Will this work?   Can anyone see any potential problems?   Thanks,   Brian