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Combining Two Separate Domain Forests
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The below link is probably your best bet. The Quest Migration Manager for Active Directory
I pulled the below paragraph from the following Link Which promotes Windows 2003 (I don't know if W2K3 is an option for you or not) but address some Windows 2000 domain issues. I wish I had more for you.
Domain Rename Constraints in Windows 2000 Server
The constraints that are associated with changing domain names or restructuring domain trees in Windows 2000 Server Active Directory are prohibitive.
In a Windows 2000 Server forest, you cannot:
Change the DNS name or the network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) name of a domain. Although you cannot rename a domain, you can achieve the same results by moving its contents into a new domain that has the name that you want the existing domain to have. You can use Active Directory Object Manager (MoveTree) in Windows 2000 Server family Support Tools to move directory objects between domains.
Move a domain in a forest in a single operation. You can make copies of items in a domain and move items from a domain, but you cannot move the entire domain itself within a forest.
Split a domain into two domains in a single operation. To split a domain, you must create a new domain and then move users and resources from the existing domain into the new domain.
Merge two domains into a single domain in a single operation. To merge domains, you must move all the contents from one of the domains into the other domain and then demote all domain controllers in the empty domain and decommission it.
In a Windows 2000 Server forest, significant administrative overhead is associated with performing manual move operations to rename one or more domains or to restructure a domain tree.
Rad Piver
I pulled the below paragraph from the following Link Which promotes Windows 2003 (I don't know if W2K3 is an option for you or not) but address some Windows 2000 domain issues. I wish I had more for you.
Domain Rename Constraints in Windows 2000 Server
The constraints that are associated with changing domain names or restructuring domain trees in Windows 2000 Server Active Directory are prohibitive.
In a Windows 2000 Server forest, you cannot:
Change the DNS name or the network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) name of a domain. Although you cannot rename a domain, you can achieve the same results by moving its contents into a new domain that has the name that you want the existing domain to have. You can use Active Directory Object Manager (MoveTree) in Windows 2000 Server family Support Tools to move directory objects between domains.
Move a domain in a forest in a single operation. You can make copies of items in a domain and move items from a domain, but you cannot move the entire domain itself within a forest.
Split a domain into two domains in a single operation. To split a domain, you must create a new domain and then move users and resources from the existing domain into the new domain.
Merge two domains into a single domain in a single operation. To merge domains, you must move all the contents from one of the domains into the other domain and then demote all domain controllers in the empty domain and decommission it.
In a Windows 2000 Server forest, significant administrative overhead is associated with performing manual move operations to rename one or more domains or to restructure a domain tree.
Rad Piver
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