What do you mean with "In fact, they are cut off from the root domain pyhsically. "? Do you mean as in there is not replication between the two domains? If yes... dare I ask for how long? As I know of you can migrate the child domain without the root being available because you will be having a trust between the new domain and the child domain I still don't understand what you mean... They are cut off from the root and the DNS is avlable in the root. I must be missing something. Can you explain a bit more? Jorge
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tom Kern Sent: Mon 8/8/2005 11:08 PM To: activedirectory Subject: [ActiveDir] AD migration I just started working for a company. they used to outsource their AD/Exchange but now they're trying to get it back. Its a 2 tree, 2 domain forest. the root domain is empty. this company only has DA access on the child domain. No EA access. In fact, they are cut off from the root domain pyhsically. What they want to do is create a new forest and migrate all users,exchange,computers,etc to the new forest and be done with the old. They are going to use Quest sw and a consultant from Quest for this. My question is- can this be done without any connectivity to the root? both dns zones are in the root so they really don't have any dns locally as well(needless to say, you cam imagine what the rep logs look like). I'm sure this complicates matters. however, the Quest people seem to think this can still work. can it? also, can the new forest have the same domain names as the old one? Thanks(I'm the guy who posted about his new job jitters about a week or 2 ago, and here i am. Their AD is more messed up than I thought :) ) 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/ This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. 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/
