Re: Migration/Upgrade Question

From: Jay Crump (crumpsc_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:44:57 -0400

Wait. You say 'there are 2 servers with AD'..... do you mean you have 2
domain controllers?

"Treve Suazo" <treve@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:vBgJc.2640$mL5.2323@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> We have an existing Exchange 2000 server, running Windows 2000, in a
> Windows
> 2000 Active Directory Domain.
>
> The server was built with a poor RAID configuration. We are going to
> rebuild the RAID Array. At the same time we want to upgrade the OS and
> Exchange to 2003.
>
> Currently there are two servers with AD, the Exchange Server and another
> server (Call it "ADServer"). The ADServer has all the FSMO roles so it's
> basically the primary.
>
> Here's my thought process and any input or suggestions are welcome.
>
> We will keep the server name the same (Call it "ExchSrvr") so we don't
> have
> to change all the clients configuration, and Active Directory should be
> OK.
>
>
> Steps we plan to take:
>
> 1. Backup Exchange to tape/file and offline backup.
> 1. Run DCPromo and remove Active Directory.
> 2. Rebuild the Raid Array
> 3. Install Windows 2000 and Active Directory on "ExchSrvr". Transfer the
> FSMO roles to "ExchSrvr".
> 4. Remove AD from "ADServer" (The "ADServer" is being removed from the
> environment.)
> 5. Install Exchange 2000 on "ExchSrvr" and restore the information stores.
> 6. Upgrade the OS and AD to Windows 2003 on "ExchSrvr"
> 7. Upgrade Exchange on "ExchSrvr" to Exchange 2003.
> 8. Test, Test, Test
>
> Is this the correct approach to take, is there any gotcha's to watch out
> for, is anything missing or is there a better approach.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Treve
>
>

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