The following is a abrev. layout of our system
DEL Domain(NT) BMC Domain(Windows 2000)
Delsis NT PDC Mur4400 Domain cont
Delnt NT BDC ALT DC
Delmail NT BDC CRAN DC
CLK DC
ER DC
Ind DC
Nv DC
Oc DC
Som DC
All DC's are Domain Controllers on separate subnets and are separate OU's and all 3 NT machines are on a subnet
in DEL connected to BMC domain using trusts.
I will do the following but have a few questions after finishing the following steps.
1. Take a new server and install Windows NT from scratch as a BDC of the current network
2. After installation is finished and all the windows updates are installed, promote this machine to PDC.
3. Disconnect this machine from the network and upgrade to Windows 2000.
4. Update machine with service packs and other updates.
5. Check that no problems exist. Connect this server to an isolated hub and connect one of the machines that are connected to the NT BDC to this hub and make sure there is no problem login to the domain.
6. If no problems are found, move everything together and now upgrade the BDC (the original network PDC) an upgrade to 2000.
After I do the above will I be able to have the new Windows 2000 server and the remaining NT BDC's in the DEL domain together until everything is transferred to the new machine. After all in DEL domain is converted from NT to Windows 2000 how do I get the new Windows 2000 server out of the DEL domain and into the BMC domain. We want to have only one domain with all remote sites as an OU under it.
DEL Domain(NT) BMC Domain(Windows 2000)
Delsis NT PDC Mur4400 Domain cont
Delnt NT BDC ALT DC
Delmail NT BDC CRAN DC
CLK DC
ER DC
Ind DC
Nv DC
Oc DC
Som DC
All DC's are Domain Controllers on separate subnets and are separate OU's and all 3 NT machines are on a subnet
in DEL connected to BMC domain using trusts.
I will do the following but have a few questions after finishing the following steps.
1. Take a new server and install Windows NT from scratch as a BDC of the current network
2. After installation is finished and all the windows updates are installed, promote this machine to PDC.
3. Disconnect this machine from the network and upgrade to Windows 2000.
4. Update machine with service packs and other updates.
5. Check that no problems exist. Connect this server to an isolated hub and connect one of the machines that are connected to the NT BDC to this hub and make sure there is no problem login to the domain.
6. If no problems are found, move everything together and now upgrade the BDC (the original network PDC) an upgrade to 2000.
After I do the above will I be able to have the new Windows 2000 server and the remaining NT BDC's in the DEL domain together until everything is transferred to the new machine. After all in DEL domain is converted from NT to Windows 2000 how do I get the new Windows 2000 server out of the DEL domain and into the BMC domain. We want to have only one domain with all remote sites as an OU under it.
