ADMT security command line more robust than gui?

We have a very large file server (NT4 Domain) that we want to translate the
security on ( 2 TB's storage roughly) before we migrate it into the new 2003
AD Domain. We have done a few member servers recently in regional offices
but found that with the GUI tool it took several goes to get the security
translation to work, with some servers it only translated half the users ???

We want to use the command line on the main file server as it may be more
robust.

Would the usage be;

admt security /n:servername /tdomainnew /sd:domainold /tot:add /tft:yes
/tss:yes /tup:yes /tur:yes

would there be any option I have missed off? Do I just need the tot option
only?

any help on a subject that there is not very much info on. btw I am running
admt version 3

Regards

 

Dear Customer,

Thanks for your post.

We can use ADMT tool with GUI or Command Line and I think both should be
almost the same on performance side. To choose which methods depends on
customer's requirements and personal habits. Usually, some experienced
customers may prefer ADMT Command Line. :

About your question, the /tot:add option is needed, as the default action
is Replace.

Here are the detailed description of the option which might be necessary
when perform a security translation.

[/{TFF | TRANSLATEFILESANDFOLDERS}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TLG | TRANSLATELOCALGROUPS}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TPS | TRANSLATEPRINTERS}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TRG | TRANSLATEREGISTRY}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TSS | TRANSLATESHARES}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TUP | TRANSLATEUSERPROFILES}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TUR | TRANSLATEUSERRIGHTS}:{YES | <NO>}]

By the way, I don't find TFT option, and I think it might be a typo. Do you
mean TFF?

I hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Neo Zhu,
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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Yes I meant tff.

Reason why I was asking is that cmd line is often more robust than gui, i.e
Robocopy V Copy and paste.

btw, do you have any reasons why it would take a few instances of ADMt to
get the security translation right? I ran it 3 times the other day on one
server, it finally worked.

 

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your reply.

I'm not quite sure about the question. May I know what the 'a few instances
of ADMT' here means?

To get a better understanding of this issue, please let me know what have
been done in detail when performing a security translation.

Thanks again for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Neo Zhu,
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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I mean I had to run the translation 3 or 4 times for it to translate
everything, I ran it once and it missed folders and files. second time a few
more and so on.

 

Dear customer,

Thank you for your reply.

In order to narrow down the issue, I'd like to ask you some more questions.

1. Did you do the security translation after user accounts migration or
using a mapping file?

2. Did the issue occur only with CLI or together with GUI of ADMT tool?

3. Have you added the necessary options when translating security?

The following are reference of the necessary options I have once mentioned
in my first post.
[/{TFF | TRANSLATEFILESANDFOLDERS}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TLG | TRANSLATELOCALGROUPS}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TPS | TRANSLATEPRINTERS}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TRG | TRANSLATEREGISTRY}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TSS | TRANSLATESHARES}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TUP | TRANSLATEUSERPROFILES}:{YES | <NO>}]
[/{TUR | TRANSLATEUSERRIGHTS}:{YES | <NO>}]

4. Did you receive any error message when finishing the security
translation?

5. Did the issue occur on other servers?

By the way, the following are ADMT v3.0 Migration Guide which might be
helpful to you:

ADMT v3 Migration Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D99EF770-3BBB-4B9E-
A8BC-01E9F7EF7342&displaylang=en

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you. : )

Sincerely,
Neo Zhu,
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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Dear Customer,

Regarding your last email , I am just check and follow-up on your status.

I was wondering , if you were available to try conduct test and answer my
questions.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely,
Neo Zhu,
Microsoft Online Support
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I will use the gui tool so no worries