Re: Migrate to new Hardware and/or SBS2003
- From: "Jan Pasterkamp" <vullis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:20:17 +0200
Thanks, was very clear !
"Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@xxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
news:%233su$fgcFHA.220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> There's more than one way to do a migration, and a lot of things add into
> the mix --- like how many users you have on youre server, any specific
> applications, etc.
>
> If it were me, given your scenario, I would SKIP any thoughts of upgrading
> to SBS2003 first on your current server, before migrating. Since your
> current server is working fine, and you have new equipment, I might
suggest
> taking a look at Jeff Middleton's SwingMigration approach at
> www.sbsmigration.com .
>
> Here's why:
> 1. Your current server remains up and running thorughout the process,
until
> the very end. That means minimal impact to your users
> 2. You install SBS2003 fresh on your new server. Shoot, install it 2 or 3
> times to get a feel for it, test out your recovery process, etc.
> 3. Then once you are ready, you do a final swing, move over your Exchange
> database, and all user data files, etc.
> 4. The advantage is that there's virtually no impact to your users, or to
> their workstations. Literally you turn the workstations on, and sign in
like
> you did before. Users won't know anything has happened!
>
> Now, the "gotcha" for all of this is two simple things:
> 1. You need another computer to act as an interim server. I simply used a
> spare laptop with 768mb of memory, for this process.
> 2. You've got to plow through all of Jeff's manuals, documentations and
> notes. Not that the process is hard, buyt Jeff goes into a lot of detail
so
> you are not only aware of what's going on at each step of th emigration,
but
> also -- if you run into any problems, he's already addressed them!
>
> My first swing migration was an SBS server with 20 users, and except for
one
> printer and one shared folder I forgot to restore, it was painless to the
> end users.
>
>
>
> --
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>
>
> "Jan Pasterkamp" <vullis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:42b094c2$0$27926$dbd49001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Our SBS2000 Server is getting a little slow. I also read the line about
> > Migrating to new Hardware. Do you axpect any problems on the new
Hardware
> > and should we Upgrade to SBS2003 to avoid strange problems.
> > If SBS2003 is better should we Upgrade first and then migrate to new
> > Hardware or Migrate to new Hardware and then Upgrade.
> > NB: The HP NetServer is running perfectly and the new Hardware is Dell
> > with
> > Raid-5 (5xharddisk).
> >
> >
>
>
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