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kcnychief
Posts:0
 | | 06/10/2009 1:47 PM |
| I apologize in advance if this is a messy question or already asked before,
but.
I started using GPP a month or two ago, making all my changes from a Vista
SP1 machine. Both domain controllers are currently Windows Server 2003.
Very shortly, they will both be upgraded to Windows Server 2008.
I'm trying to retire the machine I did all my edits with, and want to
move/migrate what is necessary so I can do it without that machine. On my
new machine, if I open up the Group Policy Management, I can see all the
GPP's I have set. I'm assuming that they communicated with the DC's and the
files are there.
The question is - do I need to move or backup anything from the old Vista
machine? I do weekly backups of all my GPO's, but from what I understand
the preferences are separate.
If someone would be kind enough to educate me a little bit on how this
process works, so I can migrate from the old machine and properly setup the
2008 DC's to "house" the necessary files. I was wondering if this setup
would be referred to as the "Central Store" that I have seen tossed around.
Thanks,
Derek
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| JamieNelson
Posts:0
| | 06/10/2009 3:12 PM |
| The GPOs are still actually stored in SYSVOL regardless of what settings
you have configured (GPP or other). The Central Store doesn't store the
GPOs themselves, rather it is a common repository for ADMX templates so
that the Domain Controllers don't unnecessarily store and replicate
redundant copies of the ADM files like they did before. Only Vista and
Windows 2008 machines can actually see and utilize the Central Store
though.
Once you start utilizing a Central Store and doing all of your GP edits
from either Vista or Server 2008, you should be able to clean up the
redundant ADM files from each GPO. Just make sure you don't blast away
any custom/ third-party stuff or at least convert the legacy templates
to ADMX. If after doing this you go back and edit a GPO from Windows
XP/2003, keep in mind it is going to recreate the ADM folder in the GPO
and copy the files again.
Jamie Nelson | Lead Analyst | BI&T Desktop Management | Devon Energy
Corporation | Work: 405.552.8054 | http://www.dvn.com
<http://www.dvn.com/>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:46 AM
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Subject: [gptalk] GPO/GPP Migration
I apologize in advance if this is a messy question or already asked
before, but...
I started using GPP a month or two ago, making all my changes from a
Vista SP1 machine. Both domain controllers are currently Windows Server
2003. Very shortly, they will both be upgraded to Windows Server 2008.
I'm trying to retire the machine I did all my edits with, and want to
move/migrate what is necessary so I can do it without that machine. On
my new machine, if I open up the Group Policy Management, I can see all
the GPP's I have set. I'm assuming that they communicated with the DC's
and the files are there.
The question is - do I need to move or backup anything from the old
Vista machine? I do weekly backups of all my GPO's, but from what I
understand the preferences are separate.
If someone would be kind enough to educate me a little bit on how this
process works, so I can migrate from the old machine and properly setup
the 2008 DC's to "house" the necessary files. I was wondering if this
setup would be referred to as the "Central Store" that I have seen
tossed around.
Thanks,
Derek
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