AD and Netware replication/sychronization

By the way, your terminology is a bit mixed up.  AD is not a filesystem.  AD does run on 2K3 - at least the version FOR 2K3 - but it's not a filesystem.  2K3's filesystem is NTFS.  AD is just Windows domains with transitive-trust and DNS kludged on top to make it look like an x.500 directory service.  In essence, it's Windows 2003's "white pages."  Windows 2003's NTFS filesystem will work with AD insofar as the granting of filesystem permissions to users and groups, but the filesystem is still quite a separate animal from the directory service.  

Same with NetWare/OES.  The directory service is eDirectory (formerly NDS) and the filesystem is either NWFS or NSS.  Difference is, eDirectory will run on NetWare/OES, Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003.  AD only runs on its version of Windows.  The similarity is that the filesystem, NWFS or NSS, also use the objects in the directory service, eDirectory, for granting of filesystem rights to whatever object type can be a security principal, including users, groups, applications, organizational units, roles, etc...

So, what you really want is something that will automatically update NWFS or NSS with updates, adds or deletes made to the NTFS filesystem on the Windows 2003 server and also automatically update NTFS with updates, adds or deletes made to the NWFS or NSS filesystem on the NetWare server.  

AD and eDirectory can also be synced to a degree, using either the iManager starter version that comes free with NetWare 6.5 or with the less-robust directory sync tool, MSDSS, in the downloadable "interoperability" kit from Microsoft.  But that sync is usually only users, passwords, groups and group membership.  Not files.

Hello Genius,

Thank you for your valuable information.  I learned something from you.

Indeed, I have just found something that is called, SyncToy, which will be a good temporary solution for our Netware migration.  
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

Thank you very much for your time and your commant.

Best Regards,
meesick

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Just a note for anyone else reading this - another file sync tool that could do the trick (for free) but is still kinda lightweight and not really made for the job is Robocopy, from Microsoft...