IDEAL Migration How-to

Please, refer to How to...Perform domain consolidation / migration" in the manual that can be downloaded by clicking the manual link above.

Performing the migration to Windows 2000 or 2003
The example below migrates several NT domains to a new Windows 2000 or 2003 domain. You can take this complete working example and adjust it to suit your own configuration.

• The network comprises three Windows NT type domains, which we'll call DOM_A , DOM_B and DOM_C. DOM_A approves domains DOM_B and DOM_C.



• A resource server is present in domain DOM_A and manages all the domain's shared directories.



• All three domains have client stations of different types: Windows NT 4.00 Workstation, Windows 2000 professional, and Windows 98.



• The goal is to migrate domains DOM_A , DOM_B and DOM_C to a new Windows 2000 or 2003 type domain working in mixed mode. The name of the Windows 2000 or 2003 domain is pointdev.com (POINTDEV).



• All computers, user groups, and users in domain DOM_A are to be migrated to the organization unit OU_DOM_A on the Windows 2000 or 2003 server.



• All computers, user groups, and users in domain DOM_B are to be migrated to the organization unit OU_DOM_B on the Windows 2000 or 2003 server.



• All computers, user groups, and users in domain DOM_C are to be migrated to the organization unit OU_DOM_C on the Windows 2000 or 2003 server.



• The resource server must be migrated to the new domain, and all security settings need to be modified to correspond to the newly migrated objects (computers, groups, users).



• The client stations have to have their domain changed automatically and users must keep their existing user profiles.

1. Install and run IDEAL MIGRATION from any administration computer on your network (preferably a Windows 2000 machine). Important : You must have Domain administrator privileges on all managed servers.



2. Add the software components for managing your source and destination servers. These servers are the domain controllers for DOM_A , DOM_B, and DOM_C, as well as the Windows 2000 or 2003 destination server. For more information, see How to add a plug-in software component?



3. Save the MMC console so that all managed computers can be reloaded next time the program is run: use the menu Console, Save.



4. Open the following software component: Ideal Migration on - it doesn't matter which source server ?