That's how I did it...worked fine. Mind you we don't have too many AD objects, only 150 or so users and a few dozen groups...but shouldn't make too much of a difference.
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > What was the problem you had with DNS? > > If the domain was well maintained, and there are no other reasons for > building a new domain, I would be *much* more inclined to bring up new > 2008 servers in the existing domain, and then decommission the older DC > infrastructure. > > > * * > > *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all >> >> I am currently working on the migration project of our Windows Server 2003 >> domain to a Windows R2 2008 domain. Our single domain is small with about >> 160 user acounts. >> I've tried doing a swing migration but somehow could not get the DNS >> server to work on the R2 server. I am currently looking at the C&P migration >> option. With the C&P migration I know that users would have to re-create >> their passwords again, but this isn't an issue for me. What concerns me is >> whether user and machine accounts will get migrated across correctly. Also >> would I have to re-join the users' workstations to the new domain? Would >> Group Policies and Security Permissions be migrated across? >> I was thinking of keeping the same domain name and server name (including >> IP address), obviously the original domain server would be switched off. >> Any comments/advice would be greately appreciated. >> >> TIA >> Pierre >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
