Host Headers after Migration - Help!!!

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My issue is I setup the new WSS3 site with http://new.domain.com,
then deleted the content DB that was created with the new Web App.
Then Added a WSS2 content DB, Operation Successful... now
http://new.domain.com does not work
Its the only one listed in the AAM list. the URL that -does- work is -not-
listed in AAM.

So maybe I'm not clear on what my issue is.

I created the site with the URL/Host header of http://new.domain.com. All
refernces to the Web App in Central Administration reference
http://new.domain.com, http://new.domain.com is listed in IIS Manager for
the Website as a host header for the site. http://new.domain.com is listed
in the AAM's for the site.

After Adding the Content DB with the Root Site from the WSS2 server, I
cannot access http://new.domain.com. I get a Page not Displaied Error
(404).

After looking at the site list and noticing that the only site listed was
one with a URL of http://domain.com I added http://domain.com to the Host
Headers in the properties for the Site in IIS Manager and Changes the DNS to
have domain.com point to the new server and now I can access the site via
http://domain.com.

I could see how the AAM could help me if I was looking to add
http://temp.domain.com or http://internal.domain.com or
http://wss3.domain.com. I'm just looking to access the site with the host
header that it was created with and seems to already know about. If I
change the mapping in AAM to http://domain.com from http://new.domain.com I
get the Following:
The URL, http://domain.com, is in use as an alternate access URL or as the
URL of a host header site. Please choose a different URL and try again

At this point in the Migration I really dont want to use http://domain.com
until I know the migrated sites are all up and running.

I've converted over 3 sites and all of them have the same issue. They only
respond to the URL that was in the Original WSS2 content DB for the root
site.

C:\IIS Downloads>stsadm -o enumsites -url http://new.domain.com

<Sites Count="1">
<Site Url="http://domain.com"; Owner="AD-DOMAIN\scott "
ContentDatabase="WSS_Content_domain.com" StorageUsedMB="39.2"
StorageWarningMB="0" StorageMaxMB="0" />
</Sites>
C:\IIS Downloads>stsadm -o enumsubwebs -url http://new.domain.com

The site http://new.domain.com could not be found in the Web application
SPWebApplication Name=SP-domain.com Parent=SPWebService.

C:\IIS Downloads>stsadm -o enumsubwebs -url http://domain.com

<Subwebs Count="3">
<Subweb>http://domain.com/2002</Subweb>
<Subweb>http://domain.com/exports</Subweb>
<Subweb>http://domain.com/History</Subweb>
</Subwebs>

Thanks

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