The Quest tool copies the user? I didn't know that was possible, all Intraforest migrations I have seen have been moves.
Phil On 7/29/05, Rob Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We've been using the Quest migration suite lately and have had pretty good > success – the biggest selling point for me was that, unlike ADMT and the > NetIQ (which are pretty much one in the same except NetIQ will let you > "undo" and is supposed to actually work :D) was that it did a > non-destructive migration – ADMT/NetIQ is a lot like doing a movetree – if > it works, great, if not, you've got nothing to go back to.. Quest basically > just does a copy of the object, which you can leave disabled in the target > until you're ready to get the users using their new accounts. All of them > should handle profile/permission migration though? I thought I remembered > testing that last year when admt2.0 came out, but it was incredibly resource > intensive and not necessarily reliable or scalable. > > > > neither Quest nor NetIQ are cheap though, and both bill per user migrated.. > > > > > > > -- Rob Ryan > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chris Flesher > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 5:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Intra-forest migration > > > > > > We are trying to reorganize our forest and move accounts to one domain with > multiple child resource domains, mostly for political reasons that most > Universities are familiar with. What tool(s) are available besides ADMTv2 to > migrate users from one domain to another within the same forest? ADMT does > not copy profiles as far as I know. My biggest issue is not having enough > staff to touch all the desktops in one weekend, and hiring temps is probably > out as well. Would it be difficult to script something to migrate profiles? > Has anyone tried to do this themselves? > > > > > > Thanks as always. This list is a real help. > > > > > Chris Flesher > > The University of Chicago > > NSIT/DCS > > (773)-834-8477 > > >
