Microsoft KB Archive/269352

= You Cannot Update the SID History for Group with the Active Directory Migration Tool =

Article ID: 269352

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q269352



SUMMARY
When you migrate groups with the Active Directory Migration tool, you may receive the following error message in the Active Directory Migration log file:

SID History cannot be updated for  because the SID for   already exists in the forest. rc=8539.

A net helpmsg for 8539 yields the following error text:

The source object's SID already exists in destination forest.



MORE INFORMATION
This error can be caused by renaming the group and then migrating it again. The security identifier (SID) in the SID history can only exist in one place in the forest.

Additional query words: admt

Keywords: kbinfo KB269352

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