Perform Prerequisite Tasks; Create A Template Object; Register The Workstation - Novell SERVER CONSOLIDATION MIGRATION TOOLKIT 1.1 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 12-23-2005 Administration Manual

NOTE: Although the Server Consolidation Utility lets you consolidate data from Windows NT
servers, you cannot run the utility on Windows NT because the Novell Client
supports Windows NT.
See "Workstation Requirements" on page 35
requirements for running the Server Consolidation Utility.

7.3 Perform Prerequisite Tasks

Perform the tasks in this section before you run the Server Consolidation and Migration Toolkit.

7.3.1 Create a Template Object

The first prerequisite task is to determine whether you want to use a Template object to migrate your
NT users to the destination eDirectory tree.
A Template object defines additional eDirectory User attributes for NT users during the migration.
We recommend that you use a Template object because it is an organized way to migrate your NT
users to the eDirectory tree and manage them after they are there.
IMPORTANT: In order to migrate home directories, you must use a Template object.
If there is a conflict between the properties of a Template object and an NT policy, the properties of
the Template object will, in most cases, take priority. For example, if a minimum password length of
seven characters is specified for user Jeff in an NT policy and a minimum password length of nine
characters is specified in the Template object, then when Jeff's object is migrated, the object will be
created in eDirectory with a password length of nine characters.
If you want to know what additional eDirectory attributes can be defined in a Template object, run
ConsoleOne and double-click a Template object to view all of the existing properties.
The last name, full name, and description of every Windows user object is always migrated and
these corresponding properties from the Template object are overwritten.
If you decide to use a Template object, you can create one in ConsoleOne by clicking File > New >
Object > Template.

7.3.2 Register the Workstation

Make sure that the workstation running the Server Consolidation and Migration Toolkit is registered
within the domain that you want to migrate. If it is registered properly, continue with
"Launch Server Consolidation Utility and Create a Project File," on page
If you want to change the domain that your workstation is registered in, do the following.
1 At the workstation, right-click My Network Places and then select Properties.
2 Select the Network Identification link.
3 Select Properties, specify the computer name and appropriate domain, then click OK.
4 Reboot the workstation and launch the Server Consolidation Utility from the toolkit again; then
continue with the next section,
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