Re: MailServer Duplication

[Greg Baumgratz]

OK, I have this up and running now, but had a few difficulties that I need to document.  I am using an NT workstations installation and changed the SID of the new machine to match the old.  I also created an ERD on the old machine and attempted to do a recovery on the new machine, but it does not like the ERD from the other machine.  To solve this problem, you can create an ERD on the new machine, delete the sam._ and security._ files on the ERD and replace them with the same files from the old machine's ERD.  The recovery will then be happy with the ERD and you can continue selecting only the security data - verified the last option in the list of choices.  Reboot the machine and you have you complete user/group DB on the new machine.  Just a short note to document it, but I will put together a more thorough document including registry locations for most of the options I have installed when I am completed. Thanks for the help so far, Greg Ted wrote: I've used the ERD (well the /repair directory info) to move all of the users and the group for mail on IMS servers. I ran rdisk on the source machine, then took that data to the destination machine and booted it into 'repair' mode and then restored the security info. I think it is the last one in the list once you get to the restore screen, but I'm not sure. Greg Baumgratz wrote: Hello all, I started this topic a few months ago when I started thinking about the theory of doing it, but am ready to complete it and need a few more questions answered. Basically, my setup is on a WinNT Workstation and I want to set up a duplicate setup with minimum work. I will be documenting the process including the registry exports and imports required for the installations I have and will make it available for any others wishing to do so. I have a secondary machine set up with WinNT Workstation and I have changed the SID on the new machine to match the old. I believe this is necessary - if not, comments are welcome. I have the POP3 service, SMTPDS, and SMTPRCV installed and the next step I want to tackle is the transfer of the user database. to the new machine. Any comments on whether or not the group (IMSUSERS) needs to be created manually on the new machine, or transferred as part of the export/import with the users? I have all data from the /repair directory on the live machine. Has anyone experience in doing this? Is it done through the repair utility, or a registry export/import? If the ERD data is used is it the required information contained in 'ntuser.DA_' or 'sam._' or one of the other files. In short, has anyone experienced the easiest way to do this task and if you send the info, do you mind if it is used in a documented procedure for others to study? Following this, I will document the registry settings required for the IMS services, SCSMFilter, TrashFinder and any other pieces of software used that I may have forgotten. I think I have these figured out already, but if there are any predefined already, I could use them to check my notes. Comments welcome... Thanks, Greg This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm) This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm)