Thanks Dèjì - time to check rendom out a little more /Guido
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Freitag, 17. Juni 2005 15:20 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migration between domains with same NetBios name >>Deji, you mention you've already leveraged rendom in production environments Correct. One of the most recent involved a divestiture, and that was when I had the conversation with Chris. You are correct in that this is an OS-limitation and Chris and I agreed on that too. But, he was thinking that they could put a work-around into V3, although we didn't know what that work-around might be. >>I don't mind mentioning that I've always tried to avoid it and didn't have the requirement until now. I used to also - until they released the current rendom and the Fixups. The original rendom (in the 2K3 CD) has some limitations. The new one addresses some of the concerns we had when "Domain Rename" was first introduced. >>I know quite well what's involved and what will potentially break if used in AD A very valid point, but one that has been addressed in a better form since the release of the new rendom >>and the efforts I have to go through on the client and member-server side If it were easy, nobody would need us to do it, no? :) >>I'd be happy to hear from you that I'm making this too difficult and rendom is no issue... ;-) I'd be happy to discuss my experience with you. I hope you are doing this on T&M basis :P >>the best approach yet (thanks Jorge and Aric) is to add another BDC to the old dom, take it offline, promote to PDC and rename it's domain then migrate account and group objects accross to AD As I haven't experimented with this approach, I can't comment. Here are some things you might want to read over: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/domainrename.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/TechRe f/4d0c3b6e-e6f5-4ab3-9d81-106ae3a71549.mspx http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/f/c/cfcbff04-97ca-4fca-9e8c-3a9c90a2 a2e2/Domain-Rename-Procedure.doc http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fservicedesks%2Fwebcasts%2Fe n%2Ftranscripts%2Fwct052103.asp - The last 2 above are somewhat outdated, but they are informative. There are some useful blogs I've come across before, but they relate to Exchange-specific considerations in a rendom situation. HTH Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
