ADMT v2 will do what you're looking for. Play with it in the lab so you can see how it works and get the procedure down.
Phil On 7/30/05, Chris Flesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Destructive migration is not sounding real good at the moment. Restoring all > of the user and objects back the way they were probably isn't an easy > proposition either, I'm guessing. > > As for the profiles, would the profiles be "migrated" as well with admt > version2, meaning when the user logs in as domain-destination\username, the > same profile would be there as the one domain-origin\username? The reason I > ask is that even if the migration is a move and not a copy with admtv2, I > may need another reason to push for a commercial product. If admtv2 can't do > the above with the profile, how difficult do you think it would be to script > something for ~2500 users so that when they walk in on Monday, all they have > to do is log in and all things are good to go. > > Sorry for the ramble. Thanks for the reply. > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Almeida Pinto, Jorge de > Sent: Fri 7/29/2005 10:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Intra-forest migration > > > > when doing intra forest migrations some tools are destructive menaing the > old user account is deleted before the new one is created. Reason is with a > intra forest migration the GUID does not change (SID does) the problem with > this is it does not provide fallback. In fact it is a MOVE. As I know, > Domain Migration Wizard from Quest does a copy and thus providing for > fallback concerning the user account which is a pro. There also cons when > thinking about profiles, when thinking copy compared to move. It all depends > on what you want and like best > > Cheers > #JORGE# > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chris > Flesher > Sent: Sat 7/30/2005 12:04 AM > 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 > 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/
