How to migrate a complex NT4 network

[John H Terpstra]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Raphaël 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 at samba.org