Part 3: Windows Server 2003 Upgrades and Migrations (Web hosting faq)
Part 3: Windows Server 2003 Upgrades and Migrations Chapter 9 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Inside Out The migration log begins by listing the process configuration information as follows: 2004-08-27 00:02:23 Active Directory Migration Tool, Starting… 2004-08-27 00:02:23 Starting Account Replicator. 2004-08-27 00:02:23 Account MigrationWriteChanges:No NETMAGES CPANDI CopyUsers:Yes CopyGlobalGroups:Yes CopyLocalGroups:Yes CopyComputers:No StrongPwd:All The migration log continues by listing each group and user processed and reports the results and specifies any errors or warnings. You can use the Notepad search functionality to identify the actions taken for a specific group or user. This information is stored as Migration.log in the Program FilesActive Directory Migration ToolLogs folder. Migrating User Accounts Clearly, migrating user accounts is one of the core elements of domain migration, and the process takes several steps. First, the new user object must be created within the destination domain. Only then can properties of the user objects be transferred (because you cannot reference a property on an object prior to the object existing in the directory). Before migrating user accounts, you should consider whether you must migrate passwords for the accounts. If you do, you should perform the password migration steps first, and then perform the user account migration. An important contingency in a migration of user accounts is whether to migrate the SIDs for the user accounts to the destination domain (which creates or updates the SID history). Without the migration of the SIDs, user accounts are unable to access the network resources to which they previously had access. You must run the Security Translation Wizard to reinstate user access to network resources. Running the User Account Migration Wizard To migrate user accounts, run the User Account Migration Wizard on the Action menu in ADMT. This wizard uses many of the same dialog boxes as the Group Account Migration Wizard; thus, only dialog boxes unique to the User Account Migration Wizard are shown in this section. Refer to the section entitled Migrating Group Accounts earlier in this chapter to see the remaining dialog boxes. Follow these steps to migrate user accounts: 1 Choose to test only or migrate When the User Account Migration Wizard starts, you must specify whether you want to test the effects of migrating users or actually migrate them by selecting either the Test The Migration Settings And Migrate Later option or the Migrate Now option. Prior to running the actual migration, you should run a migration test on the user accounts. 268
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