Steps to upgrade and move server and home folders to new box

Hi All,
Can anyone outline the steps I should take to move my 1200 users from a G4 PowerMac Server 10.4.11 to an Intel Mac 10.5.6 and move home folders to a new drive on the new box? Can it be as simple as using the migration tool and connecting up the firewire cable? And what about the fact that the IP will need to be the same?
Many thanks for any hints,
...Tom

Unfortunately, it is not as simple as using the Migration Assistant.
Please refer to the following guide from Apple:
http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/Upgradingand_Migrating_v10.5_2ndEd.pdf
You are migrating from 10.4 to 10.5, so read that section carefully. There are still quirks in the 2nd edition of this guide, where it tells you to do extra stuff, but it won't hurt.
If you have another IP address available, use that in combination with a temporary hostname until everything is setup. Afterwards, turn down the old server and use the changeip command on the new server.
Schedule your migration to a long window of opportunity when the least amount of people are going to need it - like Friday evening (then take Monday off).

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Ok. I am more than frustrated at this point so any hep would be appreciated. I work in a school environment that uses Windows server to manage accounts and files. I am setting up a colleagues room which uses iMacs and a PowerMac running Snow Leopard server; the clients use Snow Leopard. I have set-up the new server and bound it to the AD. I have also set-up one of the new iMacs with all programs installed and installed the server tools, ie WG manager, Server Admin, etc., to manage the privileges for the accounts.
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Ohhh man, you're making me nervous! Are you copying your files around your operating system yourself?
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The answer to your question is, I don't organize anything. Instead, pacman keeps track of all the files.
The only files you should need to worry about are what's in "/home". You can organize that however you want. If you have many ebooks, create a directory called "Books". Whatever.
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Apple store re-installed Yosemite v10.10 on my MBA early 2014 (128gb, 4gb)
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Eric, thank you.
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I am about to set up my Mac mini server (Snow Leopard Server). I have one iMac with three user account on it (local), another iMac that we just bought and my MacBook Pro with my admin account on it (Snow Leopard). So all have Snow Leopard.
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