Re: Computer name question

I do not think it matters, upper case or lower case. What does matter
to everyone is your SIDs won't work. You really want to do a swing
migration to make this more seemless. I did not do a swing today and I
am not too happy. Swings are much less painful.
http://www.sbsmigration.com/

"Mike" <test@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I am setting up a new server for a customer, and to minimise problems with
>SQL server (they have eight sites replicating in various configurations) I
>want to set the computer name and domain to be exactly the same. I can then
>remove the old machine, insert the new one with the old machines HDD
>inserted, and copy the SQL server data across.
>
>However, on building the new machine, I have entered the computer name all
>in uppercase (as it is on the current machine) but My Computer->Network
>shows the name in lower case. My two questions are:
>
>1. Will that matter to SQL server? I know little about it myself but it was
>stressed that I should make the computer name and domain name *exactly* the
>same on the new box.
>
>2. If it matters, can I change it to uppercase? If so, how? When I look in
>various Active Directory management screens it seems to show the machine
>name in caps, but not in My Computer \ Properties.
>
>Thanks,
>Mike.
>

Jim B. SBS MVP
I don't have much to say but it can be found here
http://msmvps.com/bgb/
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