Re: SMS 2.0 to SMS 2003 Upgrade with New Hardware

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I cannot upgrade on the current Server which is very old. I have to use a
new Server Hardware. How do I transfer the current 2.0 data to the new
Server or Can I? We have only a single SMS site.

"Steve Thompson" wrote:

> "Symuser" <Symuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:AED8C78F-E72F-4B7F-8D6F-7C0F600BF62F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I want to upgrade 2.0 to 2003 in a new Hardware.
> >
> > I have 4 DCs, they are all CAPs, DPs and Logon Points. We have 400
> Clients
> > which are XP or Win2K SP4 Clients. We don't care about NT 4.0 or below.
> >
> > Where do I start? Can I retain current SMS 2.0 site while I install 2003
> in
> > a new hardware?
>
> The general steps are:
> 1) Remove the logon points from SMS 2.0
> 2) Run the SMS Upgrade readiness wizard (part of setup or run independently)
> 3) Upgrade the central site to SMS 2003 SP1
> 4) Upgrade child sites (if any) to SMS 2003 SP1
> 5) Upgrade the clients from SMS 2.0 to SMS 2003
>
> I recommend testing the process in a controlled lab environment first. SMS
> 2003 allows an SMS 2.0 site to report to it, not the reverse.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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