What is it you need to accomplish then? If they're already separate, what's to separate other than name resolution and DHCP/network services?
Can you get more clarifiction of the topology? Confirm it's two separate forests and not two separate domains in the same forest (dijointed namespace)? Al -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Companies splitting - where to start with Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, etc. On 8/30/05, Phil Renouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm, interesting my gmail now looks like a word edited message. Funny... Click Plan Text... instead of Rich Formatting. I thinks. > Can you describe your AD environment a little more? I am a couple of days into this environment, so don't laugh, but I am pretty sure they are two separate forests with a trust between the two. Company A head office - approx 70 users: Example client DHCP: Hostname: A123WRKSTN.dom.example.org IP: 10.10.10.125 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default GW: 10.10.10.1 DHCP Server: 10.10.10.122 DNS: 10.10.10.10, 10.10.10.11 Company B head office - approx 100 users: Hostname: B123WRKSTN.dom.contoso.org IP: 10.10.10.212 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default GW: 10.10.10.1 DHCP Server: 10.10.10.122 DNS: 10.10.10.10, 10.10.10.11 IE settings: Company A: isa2000srv Company B: proxy2.0srv Outlook settings: Company A: exchange2000.dom.example.org Company B: exchange2000.dom.consoso.org > You have two forests with a trust? Is it a Forest trust or an NT4 style trust? External trust, non-transitive. How can I confirm this (whether or not NT 4 style trust for example) besides looking in ADD&T? > You say they share 'some' DNS, can you qualify that a bit better? I will clarify this tomorrow. > When you say they are going to split, how split are they going to get? Still in discussion. In the least, layer one of the network will be divided, the AD trust will need to be broken, DHCP and DNS separated. > Will this be a physical split (ie: one company physically moving)? Or > will it be more of a logical split with the two still continuing to share some infrastructure? They are discussing two separate NOC's, because all the servers, switches, firewalls, i.e. all network equipment is in the same NOC. Right now all is calm, but one is suing (three week old news) the other, so all hell could break lose. Thank you! ...D 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/
