On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, 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)?
The NT BDC will soon fall out of date with your Samba PDC (assuming you migrated the NT4 PDC to Samba-3). Samba-3 does not support the NT4 domain SAM replication protocols. You will soon have a broken network - unless you can deomte the NT4 BDC to a Stand-Alone server (which will stop it from performing domain control functions such as network logon handling and SAM replication). > 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.) That's a neat tool. It looks like it will permit you to demote the BDC to a Stand-Alone server, but be careful! You may find that the vertical application requires support for certain protocols that may not be supported by a Samba domain controller. You could test this by using Norton Ghost to clone the BDC, then demote the BDC using the UPromote tool, then test the application in a Samba domain. At least this will provide a conclusive answer. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
