Title: RE: [ActiveDir] BDC upgrade
We have used this tool on two occasions
and it worked flawlessly both times. We went into it knowing the risks and
ramifications. In the end it saved us days of work which was the alternative
and well worth the risk.
~Brian
From: Robert
Rutherford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004
4:21 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] BDC
upgrade
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Perdue David J Contr
InDyne/Enterprise IT
Sent: Wed 20/10/2004 23:59
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] BDC
upgrade
I think
this is the one you are talking about Brian. It's formerly Aelita,
but now is Quest.
http://wm.quest.com/products/domainmigrationwizard/
They've got a a product that will "demote" a NT4 PDC/BDC. It's
pretty
slick. And totally not supported by MS.
Dave
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David J. Perdue
MCSE 2000, MCSE NT, MCSA, MCP+I
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-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Brian Desmond
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:37 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] BDC upgrade
Have you looked into the File Server Migration Toolkit from MS? It's a
utility for moving file servers and it includes a patch for 2003 that makes
it so the old server name still works - utilizes aSP1 feature called DFS
Consolidation Roots.
That aside, I forget who (been awhile), but somebody makes a hundred dollar
utility which will let you convert a BDC to a member server. It's totally
unsupported by MS, so if stuff breaks, you may be out of luck. I'd look
towards the migration kit mentioned above, myself.
Thanks.
--Brian Desmond
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janson Anderson
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 5:29 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ActiveDir] BDC upgrade
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm merging/upgrading some NT 4 domains together.
> Domain A and Domain B are both account and resource domains.
>
> I've upgraded Domain A to 2003, and am planning to migrate users and
> computers from Domain B into Domain A using ADMT v2.
>
> Domain B is small. In fact when I took over it consisted of a single
> PDC that had all files on it. I've since added a second DC and
> transfered the PDC role to it.
>
> So, to get to my question:
>
> The BDC in Domain B has all the files of the Users I am going to be
> transfering. Is there any way to upgrade this BDC to a 2003 member
> server without upgrading the domain to 2k3 AD first? I would then
> just move it to domain A as a member server using ADMT. From what
> I've read it seems the only way would be to upgrade the PDC to 2k3,
> then upgrade this bdc to 2k3 then dcpromo it down to a member server.
> Is this the route I have to take, or is there an easier way?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
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