RE: [ActiveDir] Scenario...

[Ben Winzenz]

You could also check out a tool called Fastlane Migrator from Quest Software.  We are using it to migrate users from an NT 4.0 domain and a Windows 2000 mixed mode domain into a totally separate new Windows 2000 native mode domain.   Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems   -----Original Message----- From: Blair, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Scenario...   All,   A couple of months ago I threw a scenario out there and got some great feedback below is the nightmare that we are now faced with, should you require any clarification do not hesitate to contact me:   We have a very successful Windows 2000 domain called, lets say us.corebusiness.com.au with 500+ users. Our sister company 6500+ users has decided to migrate to Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 has decided that now is the time to go. We have always had a trust in place. Politics, toys picked up around the cot etc. have been sorted and the decision reached, their side using contractors, is to have a root forest and then first and second layer domains, far from the Root Domain two first level domains that we pushed for...anyway. NOTE: HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATE DOMAINS, I won't go there now.: Basic Domain Design:   OZprimary, Root Forest, DNS   | Ocorebusiness.com.au  | Ous.corebusiness.com.au   Herein lies our problem...we already have the namespace us.corebusiness.com.au in a Windows 2000 domain (Mixed Mode). The contractors will build us a DC and ship it up to us. Herein lies a small issue....here is the clincher, we need to try and retain as much info such as workstation and user accounts etc and transfer it over to the new domain with the same namespace as the old domain, am I making sense...Please advise if you can...   James