Mine was NT4 to 2000 to 2003 to 2008 and now 2008R2...and then Windows Server 8, soon to come.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote: > +1… I have never done a clean install of AD.. always been a migration (from > 2000 to 2003 to now 2008). I do not want to go through that headache.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, July 18, 2011 8:33 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Clean & Pristine or Swing Migrations?**** > > ** ** > > 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
