Migration of AD 2000 to 2003
Hi,
This is the first time I'm doing this so just want to be sure.
I need to migrate AD 2000 with Exchange to AD 2003 without Exchange, as we are using Lotus Notes now. I presume that prior to the migration, I'll need to do some housekeeping first to remove all the Exchange Groups that are still residing in AD 2000. Also, I read about the ADMT 3.0 which can automate and simplify matters for me on the migration. Not to forget DNS and DHCP servers configuration.
Are there any steps that I should take note of or missed out?
Kindly advise, thanks.
This is the first time I'm doing this so just want to be sure.
I need to migrate AD 2000 with Exchange to AD 2003 without Exchange, as we are using Lotus Notes now. I presume that prior to the migration, I'll need to do some housekeeping first to remove all the Exchange Groups that are still residing in AD 2000. Also, I read about the ADMT 3.0 which can automate and simplify matters for me on the migration. Not to forget DNS and DHCP servers configuration.
Are there any steps that I should take note of or missed out?
Kindly advise, thanks.
ok lets start with the easy parts, DNS and DHCP are not a big deal, you can easily lower the lease time to few hours right before you migrate, or minimize the pool size , once you migrated have the DHCP back to its old, every1 should try to get their ips from it normally.
DNS will build itself automatically, i dt think its crucial to export DNS entries (one less mess)...clean start is always great when suitable
Concerning the AD 2k to AD2k3 , you should get the forestprep tool in Microsoft to prepare your active directory to be able to talk the lagnuage of win2k3, add a DC (win2k3) to your domain ,then just migrate the global catalog to the new PDC.
moving from Exchange to Domino, i beleive your tool would be useful, not much experience there...
always have a lab if possible (VMWARE OR SMTHN)
Cheers
DNS will build itself automatically, i dt think its crucial to export DNS entries (one less mess)...clean start is always great when suitable
Concerning the AD 2k to AD2k3 , you should get the forestprep tool in Microsoft to prepare your active directory to be able to talk the lagnuage of win2k3, add a DC (win2k3) to your domain ,then just migrate the global catalog to the new PDC.
moving from Exchange to Domino, i beleive your tool would be useful, not much experience there...
always have a lab if possible (VMWARE OR SMTHN)
Cheers
bad times moving to Lotus Notes, bad times, i hate that mail system with a passion :)
You dont need to remove any exchange groups....you will just wreak havoc with AD if you try....
Are you doing this all on the same box?
You dont need to remove any exchange groups....you will just wreak havoc with AD if you try....
Are you doing this all on the same box?
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Lotus Notes have already been migrated out about 3 years back but the old Exchange stuff are still residing in the current AD 2000 server. The new AD 2003 server will be another newer box.
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Thanks alot Jay_Jay70, that link is really helpful. The migration has been completed and so far no complaints yet so lets hope that it stays that way.
Sweet :) i like it when work pays off and helps :)
If you're using Windows 2003 R2, you'll need to do your ADPREP from the second CD.
HTH
MidnightOne