Definitely true. If you are looking at migrating SQL or Exchange then using a 3rd party migration tool from Quest or NetIQ is probably a good idea. Specificly Quests tool would be preferred as it handles SQL servers better than NetIQ.
It is a good idea to figure out why you want to make this change (as Peter points out) because with Exchange and SQL this can be a pretty serious task requiring quite a bit of testing and preparation. Phil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Johnson Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 8:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] migration of domains Migrating complete servers such as SQL/Exchange is not the easiest thing in the world. What do you wish to gain out of the exercise i.e. is it worth the effort/cost/time etc Regards Peter Johnson ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Calders Stijn Sent: 19 November 2004 13:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] migration of domains Dear AD specialists, At our university, we have three domains in the same forest: KDG.BE (forest root domain with only two domain controllers), ADMIN.KDG.BE (child of KDG.BE with a lot of servers (like SQL server, Exchange server, Terminal Servers, ...)) and TEST.KDG.BE (child of KDG.BE with a few servers (SQL server, file server, ... )). We want to migrate everything from ADMIN.KDG.BE to KDG.BE. Three questions: 1) Is this possible? (And doesn't it cost too much effort?) 2) Is there a reason why this isn't a good idea? 3) And what's the best way to do this? How can we be sure everything is migrated right? Many thanks in advance, Stijn. 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/
