I should have been clearer on the word migration: it usually means a "parallel migration" into disjoint namespace. Yes, an inplace-upgrade is definitely easier, although you still need to know what you're doing, especially if you do this in larger deployments.
There are various gotcha with ADMT - if you have some time (I guess 3-4 months) then wait for version 3 to come out. /Guido -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: Sonntag, 16. Mai 2004 23:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FOREST MIGRATION migrating from nt4 was a little easier, as we just upgraded the pdc to win2k and kept our accounts without a migration tool.here, i'm looking to disjoin a forest and create my own with the users groups dl's,etc from my child domain. thanks for your hrlp. i'll look into those links. are there any gothca with the admt? thanks again. -----Original Message----- From: Grillenmeier, Guido [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 4:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FOREST MIGRATION going from one AD domain to a new forest requires the same approach, as migrating from an NT4 domain. Depending on the complexity of your environment, the free MS ADMT tool can do this for you (but will only migrate security principals, i.e. users, groups, computers). If you want to migrate other stuff as well (OUs, contacts, printers or custom schema objects etc.) you'll need to leverage a different tool. My suggestion: have a look at the Quest/Aelita Enterprise Migration Manager: http://wm.quest.com/products/enterprisemigrationmanager/ Rgd. your GAL question, this is where it get's more difficult: a GAL is always bound to a single Exchange Org. And there can be only one Org in a forest and the Org can only span a single forest. However, similar to granting NT4 accounts permissions on Ex55 mailboxes, you can grant users from your new forest permissions to mailboxes managed your old forest that contains Exchange (this would then become an Exchange resource-forest). In your case though, your final goal would likely be to get rid of the child domain (and forest?) and integrate Exchange into your new forest, which would require a new Exchange Org. And although you can't _share_ a GAL between these two Orgs, you can _sync_ the GAL between the two Orgs by syncronizing mbx-user/contact/DL data between the two forests. This can be achieved rather easily with the free Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d9143610-c04d-4 1c4-b7ea-6f56819769d5&DisplayLang=en Note that the word "free" is only valid for the tool itself, not for it's requirements: you'll need a Win2k3 Enterprise Edition and an SQL Server 2000 (MSDE will NOT do the job). If you don't have these machines and licenses flying around, you will find cheaper methods and tools on the market to sync the GALs. First upgrading to Win2k3 and E2k3 won't make this any easier, especially if you're still running your current Win2k forest in mixed mode (potentially with E2k servers running on Win2k DCs?). So I'd concentrate on getting the new forest on Win2k3 / E2k3. /Guido -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: Sonntag, 16. Mai 2004 21:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] FOREST MIGRATION what's the best way to migrate a child domain's users to a new forest?How would one go about this? exchange2k is really the only AD aware app we have. also, how could we still share the GAL between 2 forests? would it be easier to upgrade to win2k3 and exchange2k3 first? we are running win2k in mixed mode with exchange 2k in native mode. thanks, i know its a big question(s). List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
