RE: [ActiveDir] NT4 BDC question
Mike- You might want to consider using Upromote (http://www.purenetworking.net/Products/UPromote/UPromote.htm) to drop your NT4 BDC to a standalone server. We did this on several machines that were DCs in domains we were consolidating. Worked great for us...but if you go this route be sure to test it in a lab setting first. Hunter From: Celone, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:24 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: [ActiveDir] NT4 BDC question We have a single NT4 machine that is a BDC in our AD. Right now the netlogon service has been turned off because we are trying to get all machines to authenticate to our 3 Win2k DCs. We would shutdown and remove this server but it has Autodesk Licence Manager on it and well it's being a PITA to move. We need to go into Native mode so that I can use ADMT with SIDHistory and migrate our other domain in. So my question is this. If we were to promote AD into Native mode and shutoff the netlogon service on the NT4 BDC would it get cranky that it can't replicate with the other DCs anymore? Or would it not even try anymore since the netlogon service it turned off? We plan on moving ADLM but right now it's not a priority and we need to start migrating in this other NT4 domain. ADLM runs with the local service account and doesn't need access rights to the network at all. Is there anything I am missing here? Mike
RE: [ActiveDir] NT4 BDC question
Also make sure you have a good backup of the system state before you run Upromote. Actually I seem to recall UPromote making a backup as part of the process. When we migrated to Active Directory, we ran this on over 50 computers. I only had 2 computers that had major problems. One was resolved with UPromote tech support and the second we had to restore the system state. It is still an excellent product. Denny From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Coleman, HunterSent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:52 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NT4 BDC question Mike- You might want to consider using Upromote (http://www.purenetworking.net/Products/UPromote/UPromote.htm) to drop your NT4 BDC to a standalone server. We did this on several machines that were DCs in domains we were consolidating. Worked great for us...but if you go this route be sure to test it in a lab setting first. Hunter From: Celone, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:24 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: [ActiveDir] NT4 BDC question We have a single NT4 machine that is a BDC in our AD. Right now the netlogon service has been turned off because we are trying to get all machines to authenticate to our 3 Win2k DCs. We would shutdown and remove this server but it has Autodesk Licence Manager on it and well it's being a PITA to move. We need to go into Native mode so that I can use ADMT with SIDHistory and migrate our other domain in. So my question is this. If we were to promote AD into Native mode and shutoff the netlogon service on the NT4 BDC would it get cranky that it can't replicate with the other DCs anymore? Or would it not even try anymore since the netlogon service it turned off? We plan on moving ADLM but right now it's not a priority and we need to start migrating in this other NT4 domain. ADLM runs with the local service account and doesn't need access rights to the network at all. Is there anything I am missing here? Mike
RE: [ActiveDir] NT4 BDC question
Thanks guys. I'll take a look at it. Mike From: Depp, Dennis M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 4:30 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NT4 BDC question Also make sure you have a good backup of the system state before you run Upromote. Actually I seem to recall UPromote making a backup as part of the process. When we migrated to Active Directory, we ran this on over 50 computers. I only had 2 computers that had major problems. One was resolved with UPromote tech support and the second we had to restore the system state. It is still an excellent product. Denny From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Coleman, HunterSent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:52 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NT4 BDC question Mike- You might want to consider using Upromote (http://www.purenetworking.net/Products/UPromote/UPromote.htm) to drop your NT4 BDC to a standalone server. We did this on several machines that were DCs in domains we were consolidating. Worked great for us...but if you go this route be sure to test it in a lab setting first. Hunter From: Celone, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:24 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: [ActiveDir] NT4 BDC question We have a single NT4 machine that is a BDC in our AD. Right now the netlogon service has been turned off because we are trying to get all machines to authenticate to our 3 Win2k DCs. We would shutdown and remove this server but it has Autodesk Licence Manager on it and well it's being a PITA to move. We need to go into Native mode so that I can use ADMT with SIDHistory and migrate our other domain in. So my question is this. If we were to promote AD into Native mode and shutoff the netlogon service on the NT4 BDC would it get cranky that it can't replicate with the other DCs anymore? Or would it not even try anymore since the netlogon service it turned off? We plan on moving ADLM but right now it's not a priority and we need to start migrating in this other NT4 domain. ADLM runs with the local service account and doesn't need access rights to the network at all. Is there anything I am missing here? Mike
