I don't envy you... On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke < luke.brumba...@butlerschein.com> wrote:
> I am with you on that point, I was told the last time they tried was > 100,000 bucks. > > It came up again, and I have to go through the exercise again. > > > > I have 800 seats, 250 are remote users, 200 are in house and the rest are > over the wan. > > > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:20 AM > > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Changing domain name > > > > I gotta ask – what is the business driver for this? Whose budget is this > coming out of? > > > > This will cause enormous business disruption for very little (zero) added > value. > > > > I’ve got a client, about 7.5K seats, whose forest was named in 1996 (NT 4). > Six mergers ago. The entity by which the forest was named hasn’t existed in > 5 years. But to move over 7,000 desktop/laptops and 250 servers into a new > forest? Not gonna happen. > > > > I have moved smaller clients using both native and third-party tools. But > typically that only happens because of a divestiture and they are legally > obligated to remove all usage of a given name from their environment. > > > > I’m not aware of any whitepapers on MSFT’s site. You might take a look at > the ADMT subsite (the MSFT ‘free’ tool). And on Quest and NetWrix sites for > the tools they have for this purpose. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerschein.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:09 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Changing domain name > > > > OK that’s what I need to know, so I need to build a virtual system, move > users and once completed rebuild old physical server. > > > > So what are my steps, is there a white paper? > > > > So far my plan is a complete trust, move a few test users over, and set > permissions groups etc. then slowly take servers from old domain and add to > new. > > Rebuild the ones that need to be, or virtualize or whatever. > > I need a plan and an estimated cost, then I start to budget for it. > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don....@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:02 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Changing domain name > > > > Read the last part... You start with a fresh forest and > Exchange environment and you migrate everything over... That means users, > computers, mailboxes, etc... > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke < > luke.brumba...@butlerschein.com> wrote: > > Yes you probably did. But not doing it is not an option, what do I have to > do to get it done. > > > > > > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don....@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:57 AM > > > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: Changing domain name > > > > /Deja Vu > > > > Didn't we just go through this yesterday? Or was that another list? > > > > It's not supported, it doesn't work, start over from scratch and migrate if > you really want to change things... > > > > /Deja Vu > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke < > luke.brumba...@butlerschein.com> wrote: > > My company has changed names several times. My boss and I have been asked > to change the netbios domain name so that it matches. We want to go one > better to rename the domain to a generic domain name, so that if and when > the company changes names again, we won’t have to go through this again. > We have an exchange 2007 system, with 2 mail servers and 2 hubs. What are > my options to rename the exchange server? Do I have to rebuild? > > > > TIA > > > > *Luke L. Brumbaugh* > > Network Engineer > > Butler Animal Health Supply > > Ph:(614) 659-1736 > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE - The information transmitted in this message is > intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may > contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other > than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, > please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. 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