Words of Wisdom before switching to native mode ??

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Billy Burke

Greetings, I need some control over my dial in users so
I'd like go Native with my win2k forest. Here are the
facts.

1. Two Win2k DC's at the forest root.
2. 1 Win2k DC in each of the 2 child domains.
3. No NT4 DC's.
4. One NT4 Exchange 5.5 mail Server
5. A bunch of Unix boxes running Samba, therefore they
have accounts in the AD.
6. Normal DNS running on two win2k boxes
(Primary/secondary -- internal only)
7. One physical location (site)
8. No trusts outside of the forest.
9. 2 Wins Servers (one win2k, one Nt4)
10. Six NT4 workstations


Is there anything I should watch out for ? Any Resource
kit or System tools goodies I should run before clicking
that fateful radio button that will lead me down the path
of no return ??

Thanks

Billy
MCSE 2K
 
Is there anything I should watch out for ? Any Resource
kit or System tools goodies I should run before clicking
that fateful radio button that will lead me down the path
of no return ??
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Someone else might have a caution but consider that "Native mode"
is almost strictly a DC issue -- it has nothing directly to do with legacy
clients.

You can no longer use BDCs (NT) and you get new features which will
not (typically) change the way anything currently configured works.

I have yet to see a single problem with "flipping the switch" but perhaps
someone else will post....
 
Actually it is pretty seamless. As long as you don't have any NT 4.0 BDCs in
the domain being switched to Native mode you will be OK. The switch ONLY
affects NT 4.0 BDCs in the same domain.

You might also consider that to rename a Win 2k domain you it must be in
mixed mode so you can add a NT 4.0 BDC.
The only other way to rename a Win 2k native mode domain is to rename it
during an upgrade to Win 2k3.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
 
Billy_Burke said:
Thanks guys for the encouragement - it went off without a
hitch.
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I did think of one thing -- probably not a big deal and apparently it
didn't affect you but it still could in the future.

In native mode it is MUCH more important to have one (OR MORE)
reliable GCs.
 
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