samba - Oct 2005 - Replace NT 4.0 with Samba PDC but keep PC WINS *Advice*

I am in the process of researching and testing SAMBA as a PDC. 

The only thing I am uncertain about is that our billing scheduling system is
running WINS and our 110 pc's are configured to use it for wins resolution.
I would like to leave WINS on that system but can it coexist with a SAMBA server
acting as PDC
but not doing WINS? 

I will be replacing an NT 4.0 PDC which has operated with only one problem in 6
years with SAMBA. That being said it hasn't been heavily used.

Step  1  I plan to bring up another NT 4.0 BDC on the network and after it
replicates the information from the PDC take it off the network and place it in
my lab network.

Step 2   Then promote it to a PDC and test the migration steps in the lab. 

Step 3   I would like to just give the new SAMBA PDC the IP of the current PDC
and replace it.

Does this seem reasonable? 

Any advice much appreciated!

Thank you,
Iain

Yes, you can use samba as a PDC, and use another
server as a wins server, but due to complications and
very little and confussing documentation, and very
little resources on using samba as a PDC, i wouldnt
migrate that kind of network structure to depend on a
samba as a pdc, im just trying to do the same for a
small network of 11 pcs and im still fighting to do
so, im not sure thats a good idea.

But, this is only my opinion.

James. 


 --- SAMBA <SAMBA@arkansasurology.com> escribi?:
> I am in the process of researching and testing SAMBA
> as a PDC. 
> 
> The only thing I am uncertain about is that our
> billing scheduling system is running WINS and our
> 110 pc's are configured to use it for wins
> resolution. I would like to leave WINS on that
> system but can it coexist with a SAMBA server acting
> as PDC
> but not doing WINS? 
> 
> I will be replacing an NT 4.0 PDC which has operated
> with only one problem in 6 years with SAMBA. That
> being said it hasn't been heavily used.
> 
> Step  1  I plan to bring up another NT 4.0 BDC on
> the network and after it replicates the information
> from the PDC take it off the network and place it in
> my lab network. 
> 
> Step 2   Then promote it to a PDC and test the
> migration steps in the lab. 
> 
> Step 3   I would like to just give the new SAMBA PDC
> the IP of the current PDC and replace it. 
> 
> Does this seem reasonable? 
> 
> Any advice much appreciated!
> 
> Thank you,
> Iain
> 
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SAMBA wrote:
> I am in the process of researching and testing SAMBA as a PDC. 
...
> The only thing I am uncertain about is that our billing scheduling system
is running WINS and our 110 pc's are configured to use it for wins
resolution. I would like to leave WINS on that system but can it coexist with a
SAMBA server acting as PDC
> but not doing WINS? 
Yes, just put
wins server = ip_address_of_wins_server
in smb.conf

-- Rex

>I'd highly recommend "Samba HOW-TO and Reference Guide" and
"Samba 3 by
>Example" for both questions below.  "By example" starts with
building a
>samba server for a small workgroup, and then takes that example and 
>builds on it.  The "HOW-To and Reference Guide" is THE how-to and 
>reference (yes, very clever on the title, aren't they?).  You can 
>download both documents at http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/ in PDF or 
>html format for free or purchase the print editions at any online 
>store.. ie, Amazon, Bookpool, etc...
>
>For the question regarding WINS, your samba server can be a WINS server 
>  or connect to a WINS server, see Chapter 9, section 5 of the HOW-TO. 
>For conversion from a winnt PDC to samba PDC, see Chapter 34 of the 
>HOW-TO.  I've converted several winnt PDC to samba PDC.  The key 
>information isn't knowing samba, it's really understanding how a NT
PDC
>works, if you're not sure, that's going to make it more difficult. 
But
>it can be done, quite easily.
>
>-- 
>Eric Feldhusen
>System Administrator     http://www.remc1.org
>PO Box 270              (906) 482-4520  x239
>809 Hecla St            (906) 482-5031 fax
>Hancock, MI  49930      (906) 370 6202 mobile

I bought The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide. Thick book looks like
RTFM for the rest of the week! I haven't had to deal much with the PDC so I
will read up on that as well.

I was just curious if the steps I provided sounded plausible it sounded ok to
me.

I inherited this PDC and am hoping to replace it soon as possible. It is not a
real complicated PDC there are only about 12 user accounts(they share generic
accts) 3 shares and the normal NT default groups. I could build a new PDC and
start from
scratch but I do not want to have to rejoin all these computers to a new domain
so I would like to keep the 100+ computer accounts etc.

Thanks for the feedback!