RE: [ActiveDir] Forest Prep and ADC

[Rittenhouse, Cindy]

Thanks for all the tips, let the games begin. -----Original Message----- From: Ayers, Diane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:47 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Forest Prep and ADC That's the process we followed in our site.  we just ran our first CA's last week for 20,000 users without one error.  WooHoo!.  I'd like to add a couple of points   There is a  /schemaonly switch for the ADC install if you want to do that first before installing the ADC.  If possible, Test your CA's in lab with duplicate AD accounts and Exchange 5.5 objects.  You may have to do a significant amount of clean up of your 5.5 objects to get a clean replication from the start.  We identified about 10 "clean up items" that we had to perfrom in our 5.5 directory before we ran the first CA's on the ADC. Use the NTDSNoMatch utility to flag those 5.5 objects that are duplicate primary NT accounts.  If you have more the one 5.5 object attached to a single NT account, the ADC may mismatch objects.  Adding the NTDSnoMatch attribute prevents this. Oh yea, did I say test before hand? Have fun!   Diane Ayers Technical Lead, Active Directory Implementation Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Sacramento/San Francisco 916.923.7140/415.973.0377 -----Original Message----- From: Lori Demkovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Forest Prep and ADC Cindy, what you need is the Exchange 2000 Internals Installation and Setup Guide, which I"ll send to you in a separate email if you wish. (But I think it is also on the Technet CD)  Its an excellent doc.  Essentially, you'll do the following:   1. Install the ADC 2. Run /Forestprep 3. Run /domainprep 4. Create required connection agreements 5. Go home and rest while replication is going on...  6. Run Exchange 2000 setup.   When using the guide, use the section dedicated to Integrating with Exchange Server 5.5.   Good luck and have fun!   LCD         -----Original Message----- From: Rittenhouse, Cindy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wed 6/5/2002 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: [ActiveDir] Forest Prep and ADC I am working in my test lab and I am unclear about the requirements for ForestPrep. I have an AD root domain and an NT domain. My AD root consists on 2 DCs only. DNS, DHCP, and WINS are in place. There is a trust between the domains.  I have read that it is best to run ForestPrep at this point, but my Exchange 5.5 server (a W2K member server) is in the NT domain. I have documentation that says ADC must be installed in the Forest before I can run ForestPrep. Since the Exchange server is not located in the Forest/AD domain, do I need to install the ADC on one of these DCs. Will it allow me to join an existing Exchange 5.5 Organization in an NT domain. Do I need the ADC installed on the Exchange server before I Forest Prep the AD root domain. Thanks Cynthia Rittenhouse, MCSE, CCNA LAN Administrator County of Lancaster 900 E. King St. Lancaster, PA 17602 Phone: (717)293-7274