Ok here’s the scenario I have this client with the following setup in different geographic locations.
2 forests 1 DC with W2K3SRV and the other DC SBS2003. both servers independent.
the 2 forests are connected via a WAN.
Now they want to replace SBS2003 with new hardware and W2K3SRV.
What’s the easiest way I could do all the migration along with minimum downtime. How long would this process take? My suggestion is as below, pls tell me is it appropriate?
I do an ADPrep /forestprep for the SBS ?
1. run a dcpromo on the new server along with DNS, Wins, dhcp etc. since the domain name remains the same I can add this as an additional DC in an exisiting domain right? as the domain name wouldn’t change.
2. I need to transfer all the AD users from SBS via ADMT right? will ADMT transfer the SID history too with no problems?
then I need to transfer the global catalogue as well from the SBS on to the new server?
what about all the users policies?
transfer the fsmo roles with ntdsutil
will a copy paste of the users data work to migrate to new server?
finally demote SBS server.
I know there are lots of questions here but basically you understand the situation, any help would be greatly appreciated.
kiran
