Hi, We have on a central site a NT4 PDC and a NT4 BDC and on 6 secondary sites we have a BDC on each site (the authentication for the workstations on those remotes sites occurs on the local BDC and not on PDC). Which could be the best way to migrate this environment to a SAMBA-3.0.0/LDAP environment. But we cannot intervene on each 1600 workstations. Then the migration has to be the most transparently as possible for the users. Thank you for ideas ! See you, Rapha?l
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Rapha?l Berghmans wrote:> Hi, > > > We have on a central site a NT4 PDC and a NT4 BDC and on 6 secondary > sites we have a BDC on each site (the authentication for the > workstations on those remotes sites occurs on the local BDC and not on > PDC). > > Which could be the best way to migrate this environment to a > SAMBA-3.0.0/LDAP environment. But we cannot intervene on each 1600 > workstations. Then the migration has to be the most transparently as > possible for the users.Your configuration is typical of many. The samba-3 migration facility (net rpc vampire) should work fine. You should be able to run it against the local BDC - though I have not tested that. If you need help just ask. I am writing a follow up book to the Samba-HOWTO-Collection (The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide) called "Samba-3 by Example" and will have a chapter in there that will provide detailed presecriptive guidance on the migration process. If you like we could use your migration opportunity as the basis for the case study in the book. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: jht@samba.org
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 19:55, John H Terpstra wrote:> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Rapha?l Berghmans wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > We have on a central site a NT4 PDC and a NT4 BDC and on 6 secondary > > sites we have a BDC on each site (the authentication for the > > workstations on those remotes sites occurs on the local BDC and not on > > PDC). > > > > Which could be the best way to migrate this environment to a > > SAMBA-3.0.0/LDAP environment. But we cannot intervene on each 1600 > > workstations. Then the migration has to be the most transparently as > > possible for the users. > > Your configuration is typical of many. The samba-3 migration facility (net > rpc vampire) should work fine. You should be able to run it against the > local BDC - though I have not tested that.Indeed the SAM migration is very simple with vampire. But Samba cannot made realtime synchronization with a NT4 PDC and how to manage the modifications. Made a vampire each time a modification has been done on the PDC is a little bit tricky (with 1600 users, 500 groups and 1700 machines).> > If you need help just ask. I am writing a follow up book to the > Samba-HOWTO-Collection (The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide) > called "Samba-3 by Example" and will have a chapter in there that will > provide detailed presecriptive guidance on the migration process. > > If you like we could use your migration opportunity as the basis for the > case study in the book. > > - John T.
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Rapha?l Berghmans wrote:> On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 19:55, John H Terpstra wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Rapha?l Berghmans wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > We have on a central site a NT4 PDC and a NT4 BDC and on 6 secondary > > > sites we have a BDC on each site (the authentication for the > > > workstations on those remotes sites occurs on the local BDC and not on > > > PDC). > > > > > > Which could be the best way to migrate this environment to a > > > SAMBA-3.0.0/LDAP environment. But we cannot intervene on each 1600 > > > workstations. Then the migration has to be the most transparently as > > > possible for the users. > > > > Your configuration is typical of many. The samba-3 migration facility (net > > rpc vampire) should work fine. You should be able to run it against the > > local BDC - though I have not tested that. > > Indeed the SAM migration is very simple with vampire. But Samba cannot > made realtime synchronization with a NT4 PDC and how to manage the > modifications. Made a vampire each time a modification has been done on > the PDC is a little bit tricky (with 1600 users, 500 groups and 1700 > machines).We have documented the fact that Samba-3 can not be a BDC to an NT4 PDC. Sorry. If yu want to use Samba as a BDC then your PDC must be Samba also. - John T.> > > > If you need help just ask. I am writing a follow up book to the > > Samba-HOWTO-Collection (The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide) > > called "Samba-3 by Example" and will have a chapter in there that will > > provide detailed presecriptive guidance on the migration process. > > > > If you like we could use your migration opportunity as the basis for the > > case study in the book. > > > > - John T. > >-- John H Terpstra Email: jht@samba.org