It is? This is the first I have heard of being able to merge forests, the only way I am aware of is migrations. Anyone have more information on this if that is the case?
Phil
On 10/5/05, ActiveDirectory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also, if your Forests are all Native 2003 domains you might look into their consolidation features. Since none of your names overlap and the zones are the same you may have better luck. I don't know the details as I've never done it myself, but it is theoretically possible to merge them together.
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IF the NetBIOS names of the new root will NOT be the same as the old root, I can not make a technical case against your migration plans. It should work.
But, if the NetBIOS names are going to be the same (maybe because your users are too attached to that name, and you don't want to introduce too much changes), then you can't do it the way you described it.
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Subject: [ActiveDir] Multiple forests with a common DNS parent zone
I have encountered a situation where 4 forests exist today, all of which have a common DNS parent zone - let's call it xxx.com.
Forest 1 has root domain named xxx.com with multiple child domains Forest 2 has root domain named ap.xxx.com with multiple child domains Forest 3 has root domain named am.xxx.com with multiple child domains Forest 4 has root domain named jp.xxx.com with no children
DNS resolution between the 4 forests works fine. Xxx.com is hosted on UNIX BIND servers with all child zones delegated to Windows DNS servers. All child zone DNS servers forward to the servers hosting xxx.com. Existing forests are w2k native and no trusts exist between these forests.
There is a proposal to build a new, fifth forest and to migrate all objects from the 4 forests above into this new forest.
Forest 5 will have root domain named global.xxx.com and 4 children - representing the 4 forests above.
Does anyone have any concerns over the re-use of the same DNS name - xxx.com?
I feel uncomfortable with this proposal but don't have any technical reasons to block it.
Any comments?
Thanks,
neil
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