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Read this:
http://www.novell.com/netware5/upgrade/4xtonw5.html
and
TID 2934033
and
TID 2919565

regards
chris

Kai G Palm wrote:

> We are about to _replace_ 3 NW 4.11, sp 6 servers (campus1, campus2,
> campus3) with 3 new ones -->NW 5
>
> The problem is that the new servers must replace the old ones. Due to
> registry entries (containing UNC-paths)
> in windows 95/NT-WS, the new servers will have to have same names as the
> old ones.
>
> Strategy:
> - Backup w/ArcServe IT (sp1) SMS-compliant
> - Install the new ones in the existing tree with different names from
> the existing ones
> - Let the 6 servers co-exist for a short period of time
> - Let one of the new NW5-servers become the new master
> - Sync
> - Copy the data (user files, applications) from the old to the new
> servers
> - Take the 3 4.11-servers out of the three
> - Rename the new servers to campus1, campus2, campus3
>
> Is this the best (only?) way to do the migration?
>
> Seems that TID 2934033 (suggests that one should install 4.11 and then
> upgrade) does not apply to
> our scenario, since we don't want to _upgrade_.We want to completely
> remove the old servers and replace them with NW5.
>
> Opinions anyone?
>
> // Kai G Palm
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