RE: [ActiveDir] Moving forest root domains to child domains in another forest

[Grillenmeier, Guido]

Title: Re: [ActiveDir] Moving forest root domains to child domains in another forest

> but not quite that “intimate” to all fit in a single domain ...  slow links connect global sites thus necessitating the split in the domains

 

you'd need more arguments for us to be able to follow your decisionmaking - usually there's many more reasons to keep things in a single domain, than there are to split them up.  Especially if you have Exchange in the forest requiring good connectivity to GCs anyways. 

 

How many sites do you have, how slow are your links and how many users are you talking about in each of your current forests?  Who is going to manage the forest and the different domains?

 

/Guido

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chaves, Jan Amcil L.
Sent: Montag, 5. September 2005 14:37
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Moving forest root domains to child domains in another forest

Right. Mostly for administrative and exchange consolidation. And to implement a logically consistent naming convention.

The domains are related enough to put into a single forest, but not quite that “intimate” to all fit in a single domain, due to raidcal differences in GPOs, etc. Not to mention slow links connect global sites thus necessitating the split in the domains.

Our objective, just recently revised, is to come up with an empty forest root and three (possibly more) child domains under it. And then build exchange around the forest.


Jan


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Sent: Mon Sep 05 16:07:23 2005
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Moving forest root domains to child domains in another forest

can you mention some of your reasons WHY you want to merge your three forests in the way you describe?

I certainly understand that you might want to consolidate, but why in the world would you want to go from three single-domain forests to one forest with a root + 2 child domains, leaving you with managing three domains? 

I'd actually vote that this is worse than what you have right now.  If you do consolidate, then I'd suggest you migrate the objects from those two forests directly to the existing root of your third forest, leaving you with a single domain to manage.

/Guido

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chaves, Jan Amcil L.
Sent: Sonntag, 4. September 2005 03:15
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: [ActiveDir] Moving forest root domains to child domains in another forest




Hi!  I have a huge task to do.  I have three separate Windows Server 2003 forests, each with a single domain (and Exchange 2003 servers to boot).  I have to combine all three into a single forest and end up with just one root domain, with the other two as child domains of the first.

Is there any way (by hook or by crook) to do this?  Pointers to third-party apps are very much appreciated.


Thanks,

Jan