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We are in the planning stages of migrating our fileserver from Netware 6.5 to Windows Server 2003 or 2008 and i could use some advice on migration tools/methods.
Our Environment - We use Netware purely as our fileserver, already have an Active Directory domain functioning and want to avoid making significant changes to this.
I would like to migrate file/folder permissions if possible but everything i've read discusses migrating the users etc at the same time and these users already exist in AD and are centrally managed by TIM so i don't want to do this.
So my question is are there any software that i can use to migrate these files and maintain permissions considering the users already exist in AD with identical usernames? I've read up on MSDSS and Quest NDS Migrator but both of these start with migrating the Tree structure which as i said i don't want to do for fear of altering our already stable AD Domain.
Also recommendations on whether to go with Windows Server 2003 or 2008.
I'm fairly technical just have no knowledge of this and have had it lumped on me.
Our Environment - We use Netware purely as our fileserver, already have an Active Directory domain functioning and want to avoid making significant changes to this.
Microsoft Corp. Is stepping up its efforts to win Novell Inc. NetWare users over to its Windows Server 2003 operating system by offering migration products and support, the company plans to.
I would like to migrate file/folder permissions if possible but everything i've read discusses migrating the users etc at the same time and these users already exist in AD and are centrally managed by TIM so i don't want to do this.
So my question is are there any software that i can use to migrate these files and maintain permissions considering the users already exist in AD with identical usernames? I've read up on MSDSS and Quest NDS Migrator but both of these start with migrating the Tree structure which as i said i don't want to do for fear of altering our already stable AD Domain.
In the case that I need to do a manual migration scrapping all file permissions I'm really not sure where to even begin? Do I just create a file share on our data disk and copy the folders in applying department permissions, quotas etc manually as i go?
Also recommendations on whether to go with Windows Server 2003 or 2008.
I'm fairly technical just have no knowledge of this and have had it lumped on me.