Threads Replies Last Post 9 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   Can't remove old SBS 2003 DC I've migrated an SBS-2003 to new hw according to "Migrating Windows Small Business Server 2003 to New Hardware" (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc747454.aspx), everything went fine except when I got to the last step "To create an alias" of the old server name on page 32 when it failed. I demoted and disconnected the old server from the domain and as I thought the problem wa... 3 12/30/2008 6:38:05 PM 2008 replica 2008 Hi friends, i have a 2003 DC, i´m installing a second DC but it is 2008. i want to it it replica from 2003 and later move all fmso to 2008 and desable 2003. is need to using adprep in 2003? thanks Walter - SOFTVALE ... 3 12/24/2008 9:30:55 PM How to migrate from W2k to 2003/2008 changing Hw? Hi, I have a net with only one DC running on win2000 server. Now OS and hardware are obsolete and I need to migrate to newer ones. Exchange 2000 and SQL2000 server are running on the same DC too. How can I migrate to windows 2003 or 2008 on another machine without loose every settings and configuration? Is it possible (in one step or more)? Thanks mAd ... 10 12/24/2008 6:07:02 PM Windows 2000 Terminal server with 2003 domain controller I'm preparing to upgrade our domain from Windows 2000 to 2003. There is one Windows 2000 terminal server in application mode on our domain, and the current Windows 2000 Domain controller is running licensing for it. Once I upgrade to 2003 (I'll be replacing the current Windows 2000 domain controller with a new 2003 server through dcpromo), how will licensing for the terminal server be ... 1 12/24/2008 4:04:00 PM Migrating DHCP from 2000 to 2003 I have found 2 articles on how to perform this action. Microsoft Article ID: 325473 - Last Review: March 27, 2007 - Revision: 19.5 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325473 shows how to perform this action. A tech republic article was written by William C. Schmied http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034284.html (wrote from 2002-03-19 to 2004-12-28) and only had 3 respon... 2 12/24/2008 9:10:46 AM ADSI Error Hi all I'm migrating Nt4 doamin to win2003 std, I'm able migrate user with out any issue..!but during the migration of computers I'm receing follwoing errors ERR2:7711 Unable to retrieve the DNS hostname for the migrated computer '20080016547'. The ADSI property cannot be found in the property cache. (hr=0x8000500d) ERR3:7075 Failed to change domain affiliation, hr=8007054b The spe... 4 12/23/2008 4:47:01 AM Migration Issues Is it possible to do an inplace upgrade of windows 2003 r2 32 bit to WIndows 2008 enterprise 64 bit? Any gotchas? ... 3 12/22/2008 6:44:06 AM MIgrate to Windows 2008 I have 2 separate windows 2003 print servers that I would like to put on new hardware and make them 2008 servers. I would then like to cluster them. What tools can I use to migrate the printers? What happens to all the workstations that have the printers installed by server name? Will I have to keep a dns name for the old server? ... 4 12/18/2008 10:35:07 PM ADMT Key Error hi All I have 2 DCs (windows 2003) 1st DC windows 2003 Std (native move) (Target DC) 2nd DC windows 2003 std ( win2000 mode) (source DC) I have established Trust between both DC and both are verified..! When I tried to create / genrate the Key from source DC, it is giving follwoing error "Unable to generate encryption key. The specified domain either does not exist or could not ... 4 12/17/2008 2:00:34 PM Migrating Exchange 2003 STD to ENT Hi, I have 2 DC's in my company. One of them is old server with windows 2k3 std + exchange 2k3 ent. I bought a new server and I want to migrate the exchange from the old server. I found in Microsoft technet, article that explain how to do that, but I have a couple of question to ask: How to Move Exchange Server 2003 to New Hardware and Keep the Same Server Name http://technet.micr... 2 12/17/2008 6:27:34 AM Joining a 2003 server in a workgroup to Existing Domain SBS server ------ workgroup server (bot servers on same subnet) We have a SBS 2003 server set up as domain controller on domain X. All users are here. We have another 2003 server which the Engineers would not allow to bring on board however they have to do so now. The server is on a workgroup called Domain. With server name as Server1. This server has a MYSQL server for engineering data. ... 2 12/17/2008 4:54:55 AM Migrating Directory and Data from Novell 6 to Windows 2008 Hi all! We have a customer here in Brazil with the following needs: Migrate the Novell 6.0 plataform (NDS, File Server, Print Server) to Windows Server 2008 plataform. How is this possible only with Microsoft Tools? Maybe migrate all data to Windows 2003 and after that upgrade to Windows 2008? Thanks in advance!!! Fernando Branco ... 2 12/12/2008 6:06:12 PM Migration Hello, We have a Windows 2000 server (name: WS1) with Active Directory managing the domain “myhome.local”. We have a user, login = “me” on AD. We install a new server Windows 2008 (name: WS2) on an other physical network. We set up AD to manage the domain “myhome.local” (same name as the one on WS1). We created a user “me” (same also), but might be a different SDI. We have... 3 12/11/2008 12:56:01 PM windows xp user profile migration using Quest Migration Manager - Resources Migration tool Hi, We are currently migrating our user from Domian A to Domain B using the Quest Migration Manager. Apparrently, before we do the migration which are also changing the UserId of the user from the Domain A. We let them login first to the newly renamed userid on their workstaion before we migrate it. When we, try to migrate the user, resource and computer of the user to Domain B and user l... 2 12/11/2008 6:33:23 AM How to Import dhcp.txt exported from 2003 into 2008 I've setup a new 2008 server. Among other things, I've installed the dhcp service on the server. I'd like to import the leases and settings from the active dhcp server running on Windows 2003. I've been able to find similar references for the process, but not for the Server 2008 DHPC server. It doesn't seem to be able to accept the dhcp.txt file I exported from Server 2003. How do I im... 4 12/10/2008 6:57:02 PM Password Migration How are passwords handled in the below cases: 1.When target domain password policy is more complex than source domain 2.How are service accounts passwords handled? are they handled the same way as normal users? Thanks ... 2 12/9/2008 3:35:14 PM print servers consolidation and migration Hi all, I am looking for a script which will recreate the printers on client machine based on their network location. For example if computer is on 10.1.1.0/24 subnet, during logon it should map printer says ABC. If the computer is on 10.1.2.0/24, it should map to XYZ. Scinerio: I have 5 print servers located 5 different locations. I want to consolidate all five print server into one us... 1 12/9/2008 3:23:11 PM Domain migration for workstation on Win XP Hello, I would need to migrate all our workstations from domainA to domainB. I want my user to keep their local profile on their machine and we won't build newer workstation for them. We already have migrate all domainA users account to domainB. We now only need to migrate the workstations. I already looked at some tools, but none seems to do the job. I've check ADMT, but it isn't an opt... 1 12/9/2008 1:53:41 PM Experience with upgrading from 2003 to 2008 vs. clean install Hi, I've read a lot of good and helpful information here about issues and best practices when upgrading from Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2008 Server. Currently we have 5 Windows 2003 Domain Controllers and im ready to start migrating them. How has your experience been with upgrading versus performing a clean install, aside from the usual Software or Hardware incompatibilities. Any... 4 12/9/2008 10:35:23 AM ADMT 3.0 Users Migration: Fix Users' Group Memberships stopped wor We have been using ADMT 3.0 for the last 2 months to migrate users from a Windows 2000 to a Windows 2003 R2 Active Directory (native). All groups (with SidHistory) were migrated before any users were migrated. Then as each office was migrated the users were migrated (with SidHistory) with the 'Fix users's group memberships' option selected which successfully updated group memberships. No... 12 12/5/2008 7:44:12 AM Upgrade domain to 2003 when server 2000 has exchange installed on I have exchange installed on my domain controller(inherited the setup), how can I upgrade to server 2003 without breaking exchange in the process? I tested this in the lab and when I demoted the old server to member server exchange died completely. What's the best way to get to server 03 without killing my company's exchange databases? ... 6 12/3/2008 8:35:21 PM Transitioning to Windows 2008 DCs I have two windows 2003 domain controllers that are dns, dhcp, wins, and print servers. I would like to put 2 new domain controllers in with new hardware and make them windows 2008 domain controllers. I would to put dns, dhcp, and wins on the new domain controllers and leave the old domain controllers as print servers only. My questions are: 1. is there any reason why I should not d... 3 12/1/2008 7:01:26 PM File server migration from Server 2000 cluster to server 2003 clus I need some advice on how to best migrate a server 2000 cluster file server to a server 2003 cluster file server. I have already set up the file server on the cluster I just need help copying the files over and maintaining the original permissions. I did not set up DFS and I dont know if I can use the File Server Migration Tool. I am migrating from one MS 2000 Cluster to one MS 2003 c... 3 12/1/2008 10:24:57 AM Domain resource migration considerations I am about to complete the user and computer account migration form NT 4.0 domain to a different Windows 2003 AD Domain. I am trying to setup a lab environment to test migration of Domain resource objects like SQL servers, File share servers and other application servers. The problem is the name of these servers will be changed to the new/target domain naming convention during the migration. I wo... 2 11/27/2008 3:03:12 PM Getting a new w2k3 r2 server Hi all, Currently, I have a NT 4.0 PDC server and my company allows me to buy a new server to handle the increased workload. I have some qualms on integrating this new server into my production environment. Because I need to maintain the domain name , this is my plan :- 1. Get a PC to setup a BDC ( to migrate the users and computer accounts ) 2. Promote the BDC to PDC ( naturally, the ... 2 11/27/2008 7:48:17 AM 9 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9