Dana
Mon Mar 17 17:55:07 PDT 2008
Hi, I don't want to co-opt this thread, but I see that Nino has not
responded in some time.
I have a similar task to perform, but in this case there are no users
accounts in the child domain to move, only computer accounts.
So far, so good. This will be easy with ADMT. The intent is to do away with
e child domain completely and make the remote site, a site of the parent
domain instead of a subdomain.
The catch is that there is only one domain controller at the remote site.
This is also the DNS and DHCP server for the site.
This domain controller is for the child domain (two way trust to parent)
After the computers are moved out of the child domain into the parent, is
there a way to move the domain controller into the parent domain?
The intent is to avoid any down time for users.
All domain controllers are running 2003 R2, SP2
The domain is at 2003 functional level.
Is it possible to merge a parent and child domain?
Or is there a better way to accomplish this?
Thanks!
DP
"Ace Fekay [MVP]" <PleaseAskMe@SomeDomain.com> wrote in message
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> In news:06fab58f-bb7b-47d5-8372-b32beb6ed07e@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
> Nino_1 <facciabruta@gmail.com> typed:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We have a task to move object within a child domain and decommission
> > the domain when the task has been accomplished.
> >
> > Currently there are 100+ computer objects within the child domain with
> > the user objects residing within the root domain where they will
> > stay.
> >
> > Our objective is to move the computer objects to a child domain
> > residing on our west coast location from the east coast domain to be
> > decommissioned, we will also move the existing domain controllers
> > within the east coast child domain to the west coast leaving one root
> > domain controller at the site for directory services integration with
> > RADIUS server authentication.
> >
> >
> > After all this is done, we plan on renaming our domains (both child
> > domains) to another naming convention.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with this type of domain
> > restructuring? All servers are running Windows Server 2003 with SP1
> > applied with Forest and Domain function levels running in full native
> > 2003 mode.
> >
> > Any comments or suggestions would help.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Nino
>
> You can use ADMT to migrate users, groups and computer accounts from a
> source domain to a target domain. You can opt to preserve SID History of
> user objects in order for them to still access objects (printers, files,
> Exchagne 2000/2003 mailbox, etc). If using Exchange, use ExMerge to
migrate
> mailboxes from the old to the new users you created.
>
> You can use the domain rename tool to rename the domain. Could you opt to
> create a separate child domain for the migrated users?
>
> One thing I would highly recommend before doing ANY of the above, is
upgrade
> all DCs to SP2, as well as about 200 megs of updates and hotfixes,
starting
> with the one that holds the Domain Name Master role.
>
> Is Exchange involved?
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ace
>
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>
> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT,
> MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
>
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