Wes -- I just completed an inplace upgrade. It wasn't too bad, but it had a couple of troublesome moments. Get the whitepaper from microsoft on upgrading exchange 5.5 to 2000, then get the rest of the docs from microsoft about potential problems. Some docs say you cannot be in mixed mode, others tell you how to upgrade and stay in mixed mode. (we stayed in mixed mode)
During the inplace upgrade of our exchange server the install process failed (it hung in the middle of the mailbox upgrade) and after a call to PSS we had to go back to exchange 5.5 (then restore the IS from tape backup) and make some changes, then run the upgrade again. As of now we are running AD in mixed mode, exchange 2000. Single domain. Two domain controllers. No DHCP or WINS. We're having a couple of interesting issues that I haven't tracked down yet, but I'd say 95% is up and running. I can get you more information if you desire. Tom Gray, Network Engineer All Kinds of Minds & The Center for Development and Learning University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AT&T Net: (919)960-8888 -----Original Message----- From: Weston Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 4:22 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NT to AD client migration headaches.. blargh I'm starting to like the sound of this. Anyone have any info for me to check out? Thanks. Wes -----Original Message----- From: Salandra, Justin A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 4:09 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NT to AD client migration headaches.. blargh Yes -----Original Message----- From: Weston Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 3:29 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NT to AD client migration headaches.. blargh I need to preserve all groups/users/mailboxes/mail/public folders for the whole domain, does an in-place upgrade accomplish that? Wes -----Original Message----- From: Fugleberg, David A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 2:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NT to AD client migration headaches.. blargh Any reason why you can't do an in-place upgrade instead of migrating ? Dave -----Original Message----- From: Weston Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:44 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ActiveDir] NT to AD client migration headaches.. blargh Hey guys. I've got a few questions and I hope someone can lead me in the right direction or give me a heads up on an idea that will help my situation. My situation is that we have 1 NT 4 domain (1 PDC, 1 BDC, 1 webserver) with 300 so clients scattered throughout 5 states. We are consolidating the 3 servers into 2 and just totally replaced all our network equip. I've tested the plan I created for our migration , but when clients log onto the new domain after being on the old one, the workstation (all win2k pro) sets up a new profile since it's a new domain, thus loosing all of their stuff .. 1 - is there any way to change this? I heard rumors about a profiler converter or something of that nature, I can't have 300 people call me at once in order for me to walk their clueless asses though email setup, etc. (lol) 2 - Or is it possible for AD to become a DC of a NT4 domain in mixed mode then after account migration remove the NT4 machines (I assume the netbios AD name could be the same as the current NT4 domain name and still have a required FQDN for AD) so clients still use the same netbios domain name for logon. I've done countless migrations , but none that fix this issue, I have NO other issues except with trying to make this as transparent as possible for the clients. I really appreciate your time, Thanks, Wes -- Wes List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
