Re: upgrade question
- From: "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:02:24 -0500
I've been hoping you'd get an answer from someone who had actually done
this. I only see two possible and closely related issues. I don't think
the SBS box will let you dcpromo it down to a member server, and I think you
may have issues with getting an absent DC out of the AD when you're
finished.
If the SBS will let you convert it to a member server first, that'll
simplify things. Otherwise, you'll just have to figure out the procedure
for getting a DC out of the AD. This is obviously possible, it's just not
something I'm familiar with - doesn't come up much in the SBS world. Don't
forget that if it does let you demote it to a member server, it's going to
start behaving badly because of that, so you'll probably want to make sure
you have all your data, app settings, etc. noted beforehand.
If you get a chance, please post back and let us know how it went, so we'll
know for next time the question arises.
"pdx" <pdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:432644D8-C472-4A68-BD81-5D8DFDD4BC41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm close to migrating from a SBS2000 domain to a full Windows 2003. I
> have
> had Exchange 2003 and SQL 2000 running on different boxes for awhile now.
> I
> use a Cisco PIX as my firewall. I don't want to go to SBS2003.
>
> After moving some final data/components off of the SBS2000 machine/domain
> controller - and a
> few other tasks - I need to retire the SBS2000 machine. My plan is the
> following and I have a few questions that I'd appreciate any help with:
>
> 1) Remove an existing Windows 2000 DC from the network - as a "DC in the
> closet" fallback option
> 2) Install a Windows 2003 machine and promote it to a DC in the SBS 2000
> domain. Also setup DNS on this machine and make it a GC.
>
> 3) Shutdown the SBS2000 machine and use ntdsutil to seize all FSMO roles
> to
> the Windows 2003 DC.
> Q: Would this be the recommended method for getting rid of the SBS2000
> machine?
> Q: Should I dcpromo it then shut it down (if it even can be dcpromo'd) or
> just shut it down and remove it from the network?
>
> 4) Use ntdsutil to clean up metadata that refers to the former SBS2000
> machine. Remove references to the old server from DNS.
> Q: What would be the best method for doing the DNS cleanup?
>
> * After the above steps I hope to have the same domain but with the
> SBS2000
> box removed and the domain now running as a full Windows 2003 domain.
> Q: Will the above steps effectively get me to a full Windows 2003 domain?
>
> Thanks
>
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