"Wins" Using 2000 Server Question

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Calling all you "WINS" experts out there!!!!.

I am upgrading from wins on nt4server to wins on windows 2000 server. Can this be done. Also how to I import the wins database onto the new windows 2000 server if possible.

Also can replication take place between a windows 2000 based wins server and a windows nt4 based wins server.

All help will be greatly Appreciated.

 

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Anyone!!! Ideas....

 

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Anyone help!!!

 

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Replication can absolutely take place, and you shouldn't have any problem upgrading an NT4 server with WINS to a 2K with WINS. If you must transfer the database, follow these steps from MS$....

To make sure that Windows 2000 converts an NT4 WINS database, follow these steps:

Stop the WINS service on both servers

Copy the contents of the %SystemRoot%\System32\Wins folder from the Windows NT 4.0 server to the Windows 2000 server.

Start WINS service on both servers

A message should appear stating that the conversion process is taking place.

NOTE : This process can take a half hour or more to complete depending on the size of the database. Do not stop the process until it is finished. The conversion process (Jetconv.exe) normally uses a large percentage of CPU time during the conversion.

During the conversion process, you may be prompted for an additional file from the Windows 2000 Server CD-ROM. If this occurs:
Copy the Edb500.dl_ file from the I386 folder on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM to the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder on the Windows 2000 server.

On the Windows 2000 server, expand the Edb500.dl_ file. To do this, open a command prompt, type the following line, and then press ENTER:

expand edb500.dl_ edb500.dll .

At the command prompt, type net start wins to finish the conversion process.

After you restart the WINS service, you receive the following error message:
A system error has occurred.
System error 1 has occurred.
Incorrect function.
When you check the system and application event logs, you see that the database format was invalid and that Windows started the WINS database conversion process.

The conversion process may take up to an hour, depending on the server hardware and the size of the WINS database. You may notice heavy input/output activity during the conversion, and in Task Manager you may notice that the Jetconv.exe process is running.

When the conversion is completed, the WINS service resumes, and the following event appears in the application log:
Event Type: Information
Event Source: JetConv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 1/17/2002
Time: 9:38:39 AM
User: N/A
Computer: LABBER1

Description:
The Jet Conversion utility has converted the database for the "WINS" service, database file in "c:\winnt\system32\wins\wins.mdb". The backup files of the old (pre-conversion) database have not been removed from "c:\winsbackup". This directory can be cleaned up to free up disk space.


Let us know how it goes.