I have a question for anyone out there. Here is my scenario:
I have a VERY old PDC on NT4 server in a remote site.
I have a more updated Win2k server as a BDC in the main site
I need to replace the PDC with new up-to-date hardware which my company is in the process of ordering.
For example purposes, the NT4 domain on the PDC and BDC is Domain A. We have relocated a lot of our equipment to a datacenter. I've installed the 1st domain controller in the new Active Directory domain (let's call it Domain B). I need to either migrate all user, group, computer accounts (logon scripts, H drives, etc...) and permissions to the new AD box in the datacenter as it will be a HUGE hassle to re-create all that OR come up with a solution for the PDC.
Upgrading the PDC to Win2k3 in not an option due to it being very old and outdated. Somehow and someway, I want to utilize that new server the company is ordering to make all this happen and still preserve all user, computer, group accounts as well as permissions. What are my options?
1.) Maybe installing the new server as an NT4 server and BDC
2.) Configuring synchronization from the older PDC to the new BDC
3.) Installing Win2k3 server on the new server that currently has NT4 as a BDC (after successful sychronization)
4.) Promoting the new Win2k3 server to Active Directory (can you do this being that the server is a BDC?) as an additional domain controller in Domain B (the datacenter has the 1st domain controller)
4.) Setup replication between the new Win2k3 server (formally a BDC in the NT4 domain with NT server installed) and the 1st domain controller in Domain B
I'm trying to find the best and easiest solution to this. Another reason i'm resorting to this is because i'm having issues with setting up trusts between the NT4 domain and the Active Directory domain. That would be the easist solution because then I can use ADMT to simply transfer the user, computer and group accounts from the PDC to the AD DC as the trust is in place.
Any help in this mattter would be GREATLY appreciated.
I have a VERY old PDC on NT4 server in a remote site.
I have a more updated Win2k server as a BDC in the main site
I need to replace the PDC with new up-to-date hardware which my company is in the process of ordering.
For example purposes, the NT4 domain on the PDC and BDC is Domain A. We have relocated a lot of our equipment to a datacenter. I've installed the 1st domain controller in the new Active Directory domain (let's call it Domain B). I need to either migrate all user, group, computer accounts (logon scripts, H drives, etc...) and permissions to the new AD box in the datacenter as it will be a HUGE hassle to re-create all that OR come up with a solution for the PDC.
Upgrading the PDC to Win2k3 in not an option due to it being very old and outdated. Somehow and someway, I want to utilize that new server the company is ordering to make all this happen and still preserve all user, computer, group accounts as well as permissions. What are my options?
1.) Maybe installing the new server as an NT4 server and BDC
2.) Configuring synchronization from the older PDC to the new BDC
3.) Installing Win2k3 server on the new server that currently has NT4 as a BDC (after successful sychronization)
4.) Promoting the new Win2k3 server to Active Directory (can you do this being that the server is a BDC?) as an additional domain controller in Domain B (the datacenter has the 1st domain controller)
4.) Setup replication between the new Win2k3 server (formally a BDC in the NT4 domain with NT server installed) and the 1st domain controller in Domain B
I'm trying to find the best and easiest solution to this. Another reason i'm resorting to this is because i'm having issues with setting up trusts between the NT4 domain and the Active Directory domain. That would be the easist solution because then I can use ADMT to simply transfer the user, computer and group accounts from the PDC to the AD DC as the trust is in place.
Any help in this mattter would be GREATLY appreciated.