samba - Sep 2003 - Experiences with WINS-Migration NT -> Samba ?

Hi all,


I'd like to replace an old NT-wins server by a linux box with samba and 
I'm wondering how long it will take for the wins-table on the linux 
machine to get filled up from scatch (the size of the net is of order 
1000 machines). Does anyone have *real-life* data/experiences of such a 
migration ?  Any tipps or hints ?

Is there a way/tool to convert the (Windows) Wins-DB into the wins.dat 
format ?

Regards,

Thore

If you reboot all the systems after pointing them to the new WINS server, or
after you replace the old one if the new one will have the old IP Address,
it should be as soon as the machines boot.  They will update the WINS server
at that time.


From: Thore Herberg <thore.herberg@med.uni-goettingen.de>
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Hi all,


I'd like to replace an old NT-wins server by a linux box with samba and
I'm wondering how long it will take for the wins-table on the linux
machine to get filled up from scatch (the size of the net is of order
1000 machines). Does anyone have *real-life* data/experiences of such a
migration ?  Any tipps or hints ?

Is there a way/tool to convert the (Windows) Wins-DB into the wins.dat
format ?

Regards,

Thore