Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 106)

Manually migrate (or use third-party utilities to migrate) object security permissions and system accounts, printer objects,
application objects, and other objects that MSDSS does not migrate from Bindery or NDS to Active Directory. (MSDSS
migrates NetWare user accounts, groups, and distribution lists for Bindery and NDS, and, for NDS only, MSDSS also migrates
NDS organizational units and organizations.)
1. Upgrade your NetWare server(s) to the Windows 2000 Server or Professional operating system.
2. On each Windows desktop in your NetWare network, uninstall Novell Client Access.
You must configure the desktops to join the Windows 2000 domain.
3. Optionally, upgrade NetWare clients (workstations) to the Windows 2000 Professional operating system.
4. Configure all client systems (both Windows and non-Windows), to join the Windows 2000 domain.
Be sure that the users know how to handle their password the first time they log in (for possible password options, see
"MSDSS Password Management" in "MSDSS Deployment: Understanding Synchronization and Migration)" at
www.microsoft.com.
Medium-Sized or Large Environment
An organization large enough to have WAN links probably selects to synchronize its networks temporarily while performing a
gradual migration over time (up to 3 months for a large network), or it prefers to use synchronization to establish a mixed
Novell/Windows 2000 network on a long-term basis. If you plan a staged migration, one-way synchronization is often the
appropriate choice.
After doing all the preparation described above, perform the following steps (adjusted, if necessary, to your situation):
1. Back up your NetWare user and system data.
2. Install and configure a Windows 2000 domain controller (see the documentation that came with your operating system
software).
3. Install the Novell Client for Windows 2000 from the Novell website at www.novell.com/download.
4. Install MSDSS from the NAS system DomainUtils share.
NOTE: To access MSDSS software, map a network drive to \\Dellxxxxxxx\DomainUtils, where xxxxxxx is the
system's service tag number. For example, if your service tag number is 1234567, type http://DELL1234567.
5. Log in to the NDS tree or Bindery server with administrative credentials.
6. Log in to the appropriate Windows 2000 domain as a member of the Domain Admins group.
7. On the MSDSS server, open the Help files, and then print out the steps (briefly summarized below) for "To perform a
one-way synchronization" or "To perform a two- way synchronization."
8. Click the Start button, point to Programs ® Administrative Tools® Directory Synchronization to start MSDSS,
and then allow the prompts to guide you through the following tasks:
a. Start the New Session Wizard (right-click MSDSS in the console tree).
b. Select Novell Bindery or Novell Directory Services (NDS) for one-way synchronization, or select Novell
Directory Services (NDS) for two-way synchronization.
c. Select One-way synchronization (from Active Directory to NDS or Bindery) or select Two-way
synchronization (from Active Directory to NDS and back).
d. Specify the path to the Active Directory container into which you want to copy items.
e. Accept the default domain controller in which to store the session database.
f. Specify the NDS Container or Bindery Container from which to copy items.