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OS/2 to Windows NT 4.0 Migration

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by rodgilmour 1 view

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I was wondering if anyone has attempted an OS/2 (client/sever) to Windows NT 4.0 migration?

Main concerns are:
Co-existence during the migration.

Access to shared data on OS/2 servers from NT clients.

Migration processes

Thanks

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by ntoz

This migration should be very straight forward. I migrated over 2000 clients from OS/2 to Windows NT a while back and had no real issues. Co-Existence was not really an issue because both Windows NT and OS/2 have roots in the LAN Manager world. Because of this, clients are able to share the same resouces in both areas as your making the transition. Essentialy you would be treating OS/2 clients much the same as a Win95 client would be. In my experience, if I had to do a migration and I had the choice of what kind I had to do, OS/2 to Windows NT would be my very first choice when it comes to ease of transition. The Migration process is a bit to go into from this standpoint and not knowing anything other then what you have asked, I cant give you much more detail other then, plan it out, build a test lab, start a pilot, come up with a migration plan, get user acceptence and training and then execute the plan in short.

Pete

by tdemanmsmvp

Hi.

Two bad news:

- You cannot migrate directly from OS2 To NT4. (HPFS is not supported)
- You cannot have co-existence during the migration. (Multi boot from NT4 is not compatible with OS2)

One good new:

If you want to migrate, and have no problem!
If you want to keep logins/passwords, etc...
(I suppose that it was LanManager on OS2 servers)

You should use NT 3.51 migration procedure for OS2.
=> Firstly, you must do a special backup with OS2 tools (backacc if my memory is good).
=> You can update to NT 3.51 which understand OS2 filesystem:HPFS.

When your system will run under NT 3.51, you will have no problem to upgrade to NT4.

If it was not LM servers on OS2, the procedure can be used but no logins/passwords will be recovered...

Bye.

by tdemanmsmvp

Hi.

Two bad news:

- You cannot migrate directly from OS2 To NT4. (HPFS is not supported)
- You cannot have co-existence during the migration. (Multi boot from NT4 is not compatible with OS2)

One good new:

If you want to migrate, and have no problem!
If you want to keep logins/passwords, etc...
(I suppose that it was LanManager on OS2 servers)

You should use NT 3.51 migration procedure for OS2.
=> Firstly, you must do a special backup with OS2 tools (backacc if my memory is good).
=> You can update to NT 3.51 which understand OS2 filesystem:HPFS.

When your system will run under NT 3.51, you will have no problem to upgrade to NT4.

If it was not LM servers on OS2, the procedure can be used but no logins/passwords will NOT be recovered...

Bye.

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