Heck that should fit into RAM with a 32 bit machine. x64 is cooler though. :)
-- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Johnson Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Schema upgrades with Windows 2003 R2 Thanks very much Tomasz! I thought this was the case but being hyper-cautious, if not slightly paranoid :) :) I thought I would check. I should get some could performance increases as the entire AD database should fit into memory as the ntdts.dit file is less than 100MB!! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tomasz Onyszko Sent: 20 April 2006 00:26 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Schema upgrades with Windows 2003 R2 Peter Johnson wrote: > Hi all > > > > I was wondering if anyone had any pointers for the following schema > upgrade scenario: > > > > > > I have a single domain, single site forest with 2 DC's Both DC's are > currently running Windows 2003 RTM code without Service Pack 1 but fully > patched otherwise. I've got two new IBM servers that I wish to promote > to DC's to replace the current DC's. These machines are running Windows > 2003 R2 X64 Standard Edition. > > > > If I want to DCPROMO these machines I will need to perform the schema > update for 2003 R2 correct. If so can I simply insert the R2 32 bit CD > into my current Schema master and do the schema updates.? I'm assuming > that there's no difference between the 64bit and 32 bit schema extensions? > There are no differences between 64 and 32 bit version of ADPREP, so You can use any of these versions. As an alternative You may consider this solution: http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/tomek/archive/2006/04/17/787.aspx -- Tomasz Onyszko http://www.w2k.pl/blog/ - (PL) http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/tomek/ - (EN) 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/ 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/
