Consolidating Data From Windows Servers; Understand Windows Consolidation Issues - Novell SERVER CONSOLIDATION MIGRATION TOOLKIT 1.1 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 12-23-2005 Administration Manual

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Consolidating Data from Windows

Servers

When migrating data from Windows servers, the Novell

key tasks, such as copying Windows NTFS file system data to Open Enterprise Server (OES) Linux

or NetWare

servers in a Novell eDirectory

permissions, and assigning new user passwords.

Before beginning your Windows data migration, you should plan your consolidation project and

make the necessary preparations. Perform the following tasks in the order listed.

Understand Windows Consolidation Issues (page 63)

Meet System and Software Requirements (page 64)

Perform Prerequisite Tasks (page 65)

Launch Server Consolidation Utility and Create a Project File (page 66)

Model Your Consolidation Project (page 67)

Perform Precopy Verifications (page 68)

Run the Consolidation (page 70)

Perform Post-Consolidation Tasks (page 71)

7.1 Understand Windows Consolidation Issues

Although many tasks are automated in the Server Consolidation Utility, you should consider the

following issues before you get started.

Which Windows users are accessing which files and directories, and where are those files and

directories located?

This information will help you decide which Windows servers to migrate first and how many

servers you will need to migrate at one time. When you migrate your users and groups, you will

want to migrate all files and directories that they have access to at the same time that you

migrate their User objects.

NOTE: The Server Consolidation Utility migrates only global user accounts in the selected

domain. It does not migrate local accounts provided in the domain for users whose regular

accounts are in another domain

Which Open Enterprise Server (OES) Linux or NetWare servers and volumes are you going to

migrate your Windows server folders to?

You should plan which servers and volumes in your destination eDirectory tree will receive

each of your Windows server folders. You can select a separate location for each folder, if

desired. In order to plan effectively, you will need to become familiar with the file structure on

the NetWare servers in your destination eDirectory tree.

Which Windows users and groups am I going to migrate? Which eDirectory containers on the

destination eDirectory tree am I going to migrate them into?

Server Consolidation Utility automates

tree, migrating users, groups, and their file