A Nightmare on networking street?

[powdarrmonkey]

Hofstadter's law, conceived by the cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter, goes like this...

 

Care to acknowledge your source? Good thing you're not taking public examinations.

[ICT_GUY]

Care to acknowledge your source? Good thing you're not taking public examinations.

 

Got it off the internet guv.

[featured_spectre]

What I'd like to know from someone here, is how long it would be estimated to take, to:

 

-Setup a new domain on a new server, building all new GPO's from scratch

-Migrate existing system, including all users from 2 seperate domains to the new domain

-recommission the old server(s) as member servers for the purpose of running Print server, AV server etc

-rebuild the existing curriculum network pc's, approximately 50-60 of them to the new domain (rebuild required as not done in a while, as well as being based on winsuite currently)

 

There is just the one of me, though I may be able to acquire another technician for a few days to assist with the manpower intensive tasks, such as rebuilding... Assume can rebuild 20 PC's per day.

 

No DHCP/ real network config required, network being installed is a managed network.

 

I'm not looking for an in-depth breakdown on it, just a wheither it should take a week, a month, or about 12 years....

 

Setup new domain server - should take no more than 2 hours (or a day at most as sometimes it doesnt play ball!)

Build new GPO's - roughly a week if its by yourself and you are building 2 or more and want them done properly

Migrate existing system - roughly a day to ensure all data, ADUC etc is transfered and integrated properly.

Rebuild the existing PCs - for arguements sake, 2 hours per PC.

 

Triple everything I put there and tell that to your bosses, and you will look like a man with a plan, plus it gives you some breathing room.

[Guest Guest]

Rebuild the existing PCs - for arguements sake, 2 hours per PC.

 

 

Or maybe #00 in 2 hours

 

(Insert appropriate value in # depending on your network infrastructure and app server speed)

[Rydra]

I am going to put forward 2 weeks for essential work where there will be disruptions to learning (ie, things will be on/off while I work on it) with a further 2 weeks of working but not fully operational (ie, some policies will need fixing, maybe some printers not fully up by this time) to include getting staff laptops, which invariably in these situations are never around when you need them.

 

I'm no expert on any of this, and have never commissioned a full network from scratch before, therefore I expect large amounts of trouble, and can be pleasantly surprised and look uber when it is ready early anyway.

 

This then gives me the "Scotty" factor of being able to do the majority in a week if it's deemed that 2 weeks is too long, expanding the "fix period" by another 1-2 weeks after as a result.

 

I aim to get the new DC up and running initially in spare time (which I have a decent amount of, since I can pawn some troubles off with "It'll be fixed by the new network!", and start work on the GPO's with a test machine.

I will then start decomming the old servers, porting sims and the AV management to them as a rolling scheme.

Once all up and running, I'll then start by rebuilding the admin workstations, (without sims etc school doesn't operate, primary kids can wait 1-2 days if needed due to computer problems), and do the staff laptops as a rolling program in the fix period.

[featured_spectre]

Well i got a 2008 R2 DC Server up and running in 2 hours, but then came the slog of the ADUC, file tree's, structures of the shared areas etc. PM Me as I may be able to help out by coming in 1 or 2 days for you!

[Oops_my_bad]

Due to some wonderful government money, my primary school is due for a major network update.

 

Could I just ask what money that might be? We know a local primary that needs "some work" doing lets say, and any government money would be a godsend to them

[Rydra]

BSF project that is live for the high schools in my town, and thankfully they worked out that if they are bringing High School's into the 21st century, they need to do the same with the primary schools, many of which are a decade or more behind.