And... Don't forget you also MUST HAVE a recovery procedure to recover your AD FOREST if something goes wrong. A domain rename/restructure impacts your complete AD FOREST at one and the same time. I have done a domain rename once in a small test environment and it is fun to see how it works and where some things can go wrong, etc. So if you still want to a DOMAIN RENAME be sure to (I don't recommend it!): * As John said: have a lot of pizza's in your fridge * Sleep/eat very good before starting * Recovery procedure for the AD forest and a lot of practice recovery an AD forest (practice, practice, practice, test, test, test, etc.) * Domain rename procedure (practice, practice, practice, test, test, test, etc.)
To cut the crap and to summarize: in my opinion always use a domain rename/restructure if there is really nothing else you can do that's less dangerous than that! In my opinion migrate to a new forest/domain. The domain structure (Ous, GPOs, etc) will be the same if you're happy with those. You even have the possibility to implement some things differently. Evaluate if you can migrate using tools like ADMT/File Migration Tool (both from MS) for object migration, workstation/server migration, data re-ACL-ing, etc or otherwise use third-party tools (e.g. Quest Domain Migration Wizard) Regards, jorge -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Reijnders Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:17 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating to Win2k3 Domain rename ... hmmmm ... somehow, my hart skipped a couple of beats reading this suggestion. Of course the tools provided by MS contain everything you need, except for a lot of courage, a long long free weekend in which no bbq is planned because cold pizza will be the only food you will be consuming to follow-up support issues. Indeed, you need FFL 2K3. However, if you have E2K... it's a no go! You also need a W2K3 mem.srv. to run the tools. In short ... piece of cake and loads of fun ;-)! Cheerio! John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tomasz Onyszko Sent: donderdag 13 januari 2005 11:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating to Win2k3 Fush Grubber wrote: > Hello All, (...) > > Secondly, I want to find out if any one has used this method to carry > out an upgrade and advice me if I am doing anything wrong and the best > steps I would need to take to ensure the upgrade is successful. Maybe instead of migrating users to completly new domain You will upgrade Your existing domain to windows 2003, then switch it to windows 2003 native mode and rename the domain ? -- Tomasz Onyszko [MVP] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.w2k.pl 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/ This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. 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/ This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. 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/
