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CLRC Windows 2000 Status Report. Influence of existing network naming structure. Gareth Smith 30 th October 2000. Credits. Based mainly on work done by CLRC’s NT Services Development Group. Mike Waters, Dave Drummond, Graham Robinson…. Current Situation.
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CLRC Windows 2000 Status Report Influence of existing network naming structure. Gareth Smith 30th October 2000
Credits Based mainly on work done by CLRC’s NT Services Development Group. Mike Waters, Dave Drummond, Graham Robinson….
Current Situation • NT crucial to laboratory – office system based on NT, MS Office, Exchange. • Single master domain model • Centrally 800 PCs managed by SMS. • Manage >100 in PPD.
Approach to Windows 2000 • Form a committee……. • Stick to ‘standard’ configurations • Test scenarios • Windows 2000 in use for some laptops and servers (note CALs). • Move cautiously towards Active Directory.
Old Organization Rutherford Daresbury abc.rl.ac.uk abc.dept.rl.ac.uk (e.g. v2.rl.ac.uk hepntw22.pp.rl.ac.uk) abc.dl.ac.uk (e.g. pcsupport.dl.ac.uk)
CLRC Organization abc.clrc.ac.uk CLRC Daresbury Rutherford
Windows 2000 organization (1) rl.ac.uk dl.ac.uk dept1.rl.ac.uk dept2.rl.ac.uk
Windows 2000 organization (2) rl.ac.uk clrc.ac.uk dl.ac.uk dept1.rl.ac.uk dept2.rl.ac.uk
Next - Questions • Tests with non-Microsoft DNS • Could we use IP aliases to ease the problems?
Conclusions • History of the laboratory likely to be a major influence on Domain design • Migration of Exchange seen as likely to be difficult.