Re: SBS 2000 install problems (need to reinstall from scratch)
- From: "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:19:13 +1100
SBS requiring itself to be the primary DC does not stop replication of the
AD between servers.
did you look at www.sbsmigration.com?
"Jeff Foster" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OkUansP9FHA.1416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sorry about that. They are just simple IDE drives running as dynamic
> disks with mirrored volumes.
>
> I am familiar with the Active Directory replication from one server to
> another but even if I did set up a temp server, once I reformat and
> reinstall SBS 2000, the reformatted server wouldn't take Directory updates
> from the temp server since the SBS server has to be the primary domain
> controller. At least, that's the way I understand it.
>
> Besides, I don't want to keep the entire Active Directory. I only want to
> retain the user accounts (SID's for the user accounts). Once I reinstall,
> the SBS install will change the AD schema to accomodate Exchange. Even if
> I could replicate the existing AD data to the reformatted server, the old
> data doesn't contain the same schema changes and would likely cause
> problems again.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OSoXfRF9FHA.1148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> No, if you're wanting to use the drive as a fallback point you do not
>> first logically break the mirror, just shutdown and remove one of the
>> drives.
>>
>> I'd probably take whichever is appearing as drive 0 out, make sure you
>> can boot off the other. You don't mention whether it's IDE or SCSI, boot
>> problems differ depending on the type.
>>
>> To retain your AD information (Users/Computers etc...) you would need to
>> follow a procedure similar to that offered at www.sbsmigration.com. The
>> basic process is that you install W2K Server to a temp box, dcpromo it
>> into a DC role, allow the AD to replicate to it, format and install the
>> original box. BUT there's a few more steps involved.
>>
>> "Jeff Foster" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OQZ8FcC9FHA.3996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I currently have an SBS 2000 server that has numerous problems. I think
>>> most of these stem back to the way that SBS was originally installed. I
>>> don
>>> 't believe it was a clean installation. I think it may have been
>>> installed
>>> on top of a demo version or some sort of "upgrade" from a standalone
>>> Win2K
>>> server. Regardless, there are many features of SBS that are not
>>> available.in fact, all of the SBS features are not available. It is
>>> basically just functioning as a limited Win2K server. None of the SBS
>>> consoles are installed, Exchange is not installed, shared fax, ISA, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have tried to sit down with it and go through the SBS install but I
>>> get
>>> errors that cause any installation of the SBS components to fail. I
>>> spent 8
>>> hours with it on Saturday when the office was closed trying to get
>>> everything else installed but it just caused more problems. I have come
>>> to
>>> the conclusion that I am going to have to do a clean install to
>>> overwrite
>>> the existing installation and get everything installed correctly and
>>> working.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here's my situation. Our server currently has two mirrored 40GB HD's
>>> divided into three partitions. Partition one is the SBS install (or
>>> whatever part is actually installed), partition two is all the shared
>>> folders, and partition three is empty.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I will, of course, run a full system backup before I start any of this,
>>> but
>>> I also want to take out one of the mirrored drives and set it aside to
>>> serve
>>> as an easy restore method in case the reinstall fails for some reason.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do I need to go into disk management and break the mirror first or just
>>> power down the computer and take out the mirrored drive as is? If I
>>> have to
>>> reboot from the mirrored drive, the other drive will have been
>>> repartitioned
>>> so I know that I would have to go into disk management to reset the
>>> partitions and mirror. My concern is how to take the drive out. Will
>>> breaking the mirror make the drive unbootable or is that what would be
>>> necessary?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, I prefer the idea of rebuilding as much of the settings as
>>> possible
>>> (DNS, DHCP, Active Directory group policies), but is there any way to
>>> keep
>>> the user accounts (Security ID's) from the existing system to ensure
>>> that
>>> any encrypted files that the users may not admit to having on their own
>>> machine are still recoverable (File encryption is a company no-no due to
>>> past issues with it), and also to keep the users desktop accounts
>>> intact?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help or pointers that you can provide.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jeff Foster
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
.
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