Destructive migration is not
sounding real good at the moment. Restoring all of the user and objects back the
way they were probably isn't an easy proposition either, I'm
guessing.
As for the profiles, would the profiles be
"migrated" as well with admt version2, meaning when the user logs in as
domain-destination\username, the same profile would be there as the one
domain-origin\username? The reason I ask is that even if the migration is a move
and not a copy with admtv2, I may need another reason to push for a commercial
product. If admtv2 can't do the above with the profile, how difficult do you
think it would be to script something for ~2500 users so that when they walk in
on Monday, all they have to do is log in and all things are good to
go.
Sorry for the ramble. Thanks for the
reply.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
Sent: Fri 7/29/2005 10:29 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Intra-forest migration
when doing intra forest
migrations some tools are destructive menaing the old user account is deleted
before the new one is created. Reason is with a intra forest migration the GUID
does not change (SID does) the problem with this is it does not provide
fallback. In fact it is a MOVE. As I know, Domain Migration Wizard from Quest
does a copy and thus providing for fallback concerning the user account which is
a pro. There also cons when thinking about profiles, when thinking copy compared
to move. It all depends on what you want and like best
Cheers
#JORGE#
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chris Flesher
Sent: Sat 7/30/2005 12:04 AM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: [ActiveDir] Intra-forest migration
We are trying to
reorganize our forest and move accounts to one domain with multiple child
resource domains, mostly for political reasons that most Universities are
familiar with. What tool(s) are available besides ADMTv2 to migrate users from
one domain to another within the same forest? ADMT does not copy profiles as far
as I know. My biggest issue is not having enough staff to touch all the desktops
in one weekend, and hiring temps is probably out as well. Would it be difficult
to script something to migrate profiles? Has anyone tried to do this
themselves?
Thanks as always.
This list is a real help.
Chris Flesher
The University of Chicago
NSIT/DCS
(773)-834-8477
