The first prerequisite task is to determine whether you want to use a Template object to migrate your NT users to the destination eDirectory tree.
A Template object is used to define additional eDirectory User attributes for NT users during the migration. Template objects are especially useful for defining additional attributes that are not found in the Windows NT domains. We recommend that you use a Template object because it is an organized way to migrate your NT users to the eDirectory tree and manage them after they are there.
IMPORTANT: In order to migrate home directories, you must use a Template object.
If there is a conflict between the properties of a Template object and an NT policy, the properties of the Template object will, in most cases, take priority. For example, if a minimum password length of seven characters is specified for user Jeff in an NT policy and a minimum password length of nine characters is specified in the Template object, then when Jeff's object is migrated, the object will be created in eDirectory with a password length of nine characters.
If you want to know what additional eDirectory attributes can be defined in a Template object, run ConsoleOne and double-click a Template object to view all of the existing properties.
The last name, full name, and description of every NT object is always migrated and these corresponding properties from the Template object are overwritten.
If you decide to use a Template object, you can create one in ConsoleOne by clicking File > New > Object > Template.
If you are not running the Server Consolidation Utility from the NT server, make sure that the workstation running the Server Consolidation Utility is registered within the domain that you want to migrate. If it is registered properly, continue with Run Server Consolidation .
If you want to change the domain that your workstation is registered in, complete the following instructions for Windows NT or Windows 2000.
At the workstation, right-click Network Neighborhood and then click Properties.
Click the Identification tab, then click Change > Domain.
Specify the appropriate domain, type your Administrator name and password, then click OK.
Reboot the workstation and launch the Server Consolidation Utility again; then continue with the next section, "Run Server Consolidation ."
At the workstation, right-click My Network Places and then click Properties.
Click the Network Identification link.
Click Properties, specify the computer name and appropriate domain, then click OK.
Reboot the workstation and launch the Server Consolidation Utility again; then continue with the next section, "Run Server Consolidation ."