Move Database To New Machine

I need to move our production database to a brand new machine on our LAN.
Both machines are running SQL2K. I'd like to place the production database
in a directory with a slightly different name than the source SQL server.
How can I shrink the transaction log to the minimum size before I try the
move? What is the best way to move the database to the new machine? We
have Veritus Backup Exec.

Regards,
Charles MacLean


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