Documentation Error in the Small Business Server 2000 Planning and Installation Guide (302910)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2000

This article was previously published under Q302910

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Planning and Installation Guide contains a documentation error. The following paragraph on page 72 of this guide incorrectly describes the availability of the Dsmigrate.exe tool:

The Directory Services Migration Tool (DSMigrate) enables you to migrate user accounts, groups, files, and permissions from either an NDS or a bindery-based NetWare server to Windows 2000 Active Directory directory service. The tool also supports trial migrations, enabling you to model and test the migration before committing it to Active Directory. For more information, refer to Windows 2000 documentation or the Small Business Server 2000 Resource Kit.

The Dsmigrate.exe tool is not available.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem and obtain correct information about how to migrate from a Novell NetWare environment to Active Directory, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

274279 How to Migrate or Deploy a Novell NetWare Environment to Windows 2000

301542 HOW TO: Migrate Users from NetWare to Windows 2000 with the MSDSS Tool and One-Time Migration

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/4/2001
Keywords:kbbug kbdocerr KB302910