A client has an existing NT4 domain with several NT4 servers. Two of the NT4 Servers function as a PDC and a BDC.
We are installing Samba-3 on SuSE 9.0 Pro as a PDC with an LDAP backend, and decommissioning the NT4 PDC at the same time. So far, so good. We can also rebuild the old PDC hardware as a Samba-3 on SuSE 9.0 Pro BDC. Unfortunately however, the NT4 BDC cannot be removed from the network for another six months, as it hosts a vertical application key to the business and used every day by some 100 users at the client. In addition, the configuration of this BDC is quite complex; reinstalling the OS and the vertical application would be a challenge and, given the various customizations to the vertical application, not likely to succeed. Two questions then: 1. What are the implications of leaving this existing NT4 BDC in place with a new Linux-Samba-3 PDC (and possibly a new Linux-Samba BDC)? 2. Has anyone used UPromote, which claims to do be able to demote an NT4 BDC to a member server without reinstalling the OS? (See http://utools.com/UPromote.asp for more info.) Thanks! Mark -- ______________________________________________________________ L. Mark Stone President Reliable Networks of Maine, LLC 477 Congress Street, 5th Floor Portland, ME 04107 Tel: (207) 772-5678 Cell: (917) 597-2057 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.RNoME.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
