Hello, This is my first post, so please forgive me if this question has already been asked...
I have a mixed AD forest with two domain trees. Each domain tree is located at a different geographical site, and sites and services is configured to reflect this. DomainA has the namespace of 'logistics.ads' and DomainB has a namespace of 'finance.dom' The very first domain tree (DomainA) is a Windows 2000 domain and the second domain tree (DomainB) is a Windows 2003 domain. Finance.dom has been bought by a third party and I must split the forest in two and resolve any issues that arises from doing this. As logistics.ads was the first domain in the forest, it holds the Schema Master role and Domain naming master role. Exchange 2000 is installed at DomainA and Exchange 2003 is installed in DomainB. Administrative groups are used to reflect the geographical topology of my set-up. Each domain has its own SMTP namespace and SMTP routing will not be a problem as I can comfortably overcome this. The GAL being split and replaced with contacts is acceptable and I have no issues at this level. The WAN connection between the domains will be removed and the only means of communication between the two organisations will be through SMTP routing through the internet and nothing else. No other application between the domains are in use, besides Exchange. My current plan is to simply cut the link between the sites and seize the roles that are missing from the newly split domains - so in effect bringing up two forests. Issues with Exchange, ghosted servers in AD, and so on will be removed using ADSI edit and NTDSutil. My main question is this: is there better technique I should follow for splitting up a forest or am I on the right track? Thanks in advance René List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx
