RE: Moving Server Options


I don't really know of a KB article, but if you run autorun.exe from the
sms 2003 cd you have the option of installing the recovery expert which
contains a move the server scenario.

Make sure iis is installed prior to installing the recovery expert.

Kim Oppalfens
MVP SMS
In article <B30B7A78-DD42-4CD1-A144-295737610A6E@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
MaGuSa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> I myself, am also looking at a similar situation, and obviously my skills in
> searching the microsoft knowledge databases are in need of much improvement!
>
> Can I get a link that refers to the "#1" scenario ?
>
> Thank you!
> -Confused
>
> "Three Toed Sloth" wrote:
>
> > I have installed SMS2003 and had it running for 9 months. Management has
> > found it to their liking and have purchased a shiny new to server to move it
> > to - the old one being close to the end of its life. I have read a number of
> > posts about this scenario have seem to have two options.
> >
> > 1. Use the recovery expert as per the Backup Recovery and Maintenance guide.
> > This requires that the new server take the name of the old server which means
> > I can't do the sms move until I have finished with everything else on the old
> > server and my sms site server will ALWAYS have the same name no matter how
> > often it gets replaced.
> >
> > 2. Print out reports of historical data I want to keep, remove the site from
> > the domain and then install a new primary site on the new server. If I use
> > the current site code 'maybe' my clients will report in to the new server
> > otherwise I have to manipulate all the clients.
> >
> > Is this an accurate summary of my options? I'm trying to get an
> > understanding of what my options are so we can decide which way to go.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marc
>

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Kim Oppalfens
SMS MVP
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