On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 08:53, L. Mark Stone wrote: > A client has an existing NT4 domain with several NT4 servers. Two of the > NT4 Servers function as a PDC and a BDC. > > We are installing Samba-3 on SuSE 9.0 Pro as a PDC with an LDAP backend, > and decommissioning the NT4 PDC at the same time. So far, so good. We > can also rebuild the old PDC hardware as a Samba-3 on SuSE 9.0 Pro BDC. > > Unfortunately however, the NT4 BDC cannot be removed from the network > for another six months, as it hosts a vertical application key to the > business and used every day by some 100 users at the client. In > addition, the configuration of this BDC is quite complex; reinstalling > the OS and the vertical application would be a challenge and, given the > various customizations to the vertical application, not likely to > succeed. > > Two questions then: > > 1. What are the implications of leaving this existing NT4 BDC in place > with a new Linux-Samba-3 PDC (and possibly a new Linux-Samba BDC)? > > 2. Has anyone used UPromote, which claims to do be able to demote an NT4 > BDC to a member server without reinstalling the OS? (See > http://utools.com/UPromote.asp for more info.) ---- Didn't know about #2 - interesting...
I am functioning with previous WinNT4 PDC unchanged after net rpc vampire operation with the exception that netlogon service has been disabled. Has been working - I cannot use the UserManager etc. tools from this machine though. Craig -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba