+1 DNS problems are usually easily solved, much less work than recreating a domain from scratch...
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Steve Ens <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ~ 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
