kernow_chap

It would seem the starting from scratch is certainly the preferred option so that is what I will start planning for. I am definitely up for sharing experiences and even helping out each other with planning. Of course anyone wishing to get in touch is welcome for a visit to the school if you happen to be down in Cornwall. There is little info out there regarding RM migrations and what I would like to do is create a step by step account of our transition to vanilla to (hopefully) help others. That is providing it all goes as planned....

Excellent, thanks for the advice. I was not aware of the GPO issue and that definitely leaves me one option - create from scratch. It is going to be better that way anyhow as it is the only sure way that it will get rid of the RM toolset. Now to start planning...

Thinks that is what I am worried about. I know my first option is the least time-consuming but I feel as though I may later regret not doing a clean build from scratch. Thing is, I am not sure how closely-knit the CC3 system is linked in with AD and other Windows services.

First off let me apologise for starting another thread on RM to Vanilla but I wouldn't ask unless it was very important. Secondly, I am new to Edugeek so go easy on me!!! I am new to the RM network and and therefore a little lacking in knowledge when it comes to their systems. Basically I am looking to migrate from CC3 to a vanilla network this summer so this would include migrating servers and 170 workstations. At present I have two CC3 servers. These servers are running on VMware ESXi 4.1 and have been running well since I virtualised them last summer. One server is the standard DC, DNS and DHCP server whilst the other is a global catalogue and storage server. Our 170 networked PC's all have the CC3 client installed. My preferred plan is to create new virtual machines (running server 2008 R2) on a newly purchased server running VMware and migrate existing AD data and cofigurations across onto the new servers before decommissioning the old CC3 servers. For the new servers I would replicate the settings of our existing CC3 servers but without the CC3 sitting on top. I can do this in a test environment before summer and spend summer testing the network and re-imaging 170 RM workstations. The other option was to create new servers, new AD data, new group policies, new security rights, etc. Basically a new build from scratch before turning on in the summer and testing on the network. What I would like to know is if any of these two options are feasible or have I overlooked something? Do you guys have any help or advice which may prove useful? Maybe someone has been through this process before (many schools have now) and could help? Many thanks in advance.