Upgrade to Win2k

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I'm upgrading (finally) from Winnt4 to Win2k on our main file server. There is one other server that is part of this domain. I have setup a new server with Win2k and a new domain name and will pull the old server out and put the new one in its place. The other server that is part of the domain is a Winn4TSE server. I will have to join this machine to the new domain name, correct? My main concern is if this will have an adverse affect on my TSE users. Does anyone have any experience with running a 4.0TSE BDC server after upgrading the primary to Win2k?

Any info would be appreciated.

 

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You might want to take some time and do some more research on moving from NT
4.0 to Win 2k. You will want to plan this carefully, you have to make
decisions during the install of Win 2k that may take a format to recover
from.

There is upgrade
See:
How To: Upgrade Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows 2000 Server

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298107

And Migration.
See:
How to Set Up ADMT for Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Migration

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260871



Your plan does not cover *how* you are going to move the TSE BDC to the new
Win 2k domain. There is no MS supported way to move a NT 4.0 BDC from one
domain to another except to reinstall.



Not sure what you want your final outcome to be but you should *really*
consider removing Win 2k from the "new" server and installing NT 4.0 on it
as a BDC while connected to your existing network, promote to PDC then
follow the first article above on upgrading a NT 4.0 domain to Win 2k. Doing
it this way, you will not have to worry about moving BDCs from one domain to
another.



See:

HOW TO: Promote and Demote Domain Controllers in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;238369



DNS is totally different in Win 2k. You can not use the same DNS set up you
have in NT 4.0. Correctly configures DNS is a MUST in Win 2k. Without DNS
being set up properly Active Directory will not work.

See:

Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237675



How to: Configure DNS for Internet Access In Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300202



SRV Resource Records May Not Be Created on Domain Controller

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;239897





How to Verify the Creation of SRV Records for a Domain Controller

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;241515





hth

DDS W 2k MVP MCSE



"Anna Mantica" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm upgrading (finally) from Winnt4 to Win2k on our main file server.
There is one other server that is part of this domain. I have setup a new
server with Win2k and a new domain name and will pull the old server out and
put the new one in its place. The other server that is part of the domain is
a Winn4TSE server. I will have to join this machine to the new domain name,
correct? My main concern is if this will have an adverse affect on my TSE
users. Does anyone have any experience with running a 4.0TSE BDC server
after upgrading the primary to Win2k?
>
> Any info would be appreciated.