Re: How to replace a Server 2003 domain controller with a new, better, faster piece of hardware?
- From: rosevilleca@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:36:27 -0700 (PDT)
On Jun 24, 4:35 pm, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:
Hello rosevill...@xxxxxxxxx,
Install the new machine, promote to DC, make it DNS and GC. Give time for
replicatingdomain/dns infos. Move all data with robocopy from MS.
Export and import the regkeys:
From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following key:
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares
After everything is done run "dcdiag /v", "netdiag /v", "repadmin /showrepl"
and "dnslint /ad /s localhost" without the quotes to check for errors.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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We were planning toreplacean older Windows2003serverthat is
functioning as both adomaincontrollerand a fileserverwith a new
serverthat is faster, has more storage space and is better in every
way. There are also 2 otherdomaincontrollers in thedomain.
We thought we could just do a complete backup pf the oldserverwith
system state, install the OS on the newserverand restore the system
state, but we found out that only works if the newserverhas the same
hardware.
So, what's the best method to move this old machine to a brand new
server?
It is not only adomaincontroller, but many network shares the users
need to access are on the oldserver.
Sounds good.
By the way, the new hardware will need to have the same computer name
as the old server, so I assume than means we would need to depromote
the old server as one of the domain controllers and power it off or
disconnect it from the network before following the instructions
above.
To do the robocopy, they both need to be on the network at the same
time, so, to avoid the conflict of having two servers with the same
name on the network at the same time, do we need to name the new
machine something else and rename it to the old server's name after
robocopy is complete or rename the old server first?
Is there a log that shows when replication is complete or do you just
check accessing random AD objects after a few minutes? All the DCs
are physically in the same building.
I assume that since we do not need to import the system state from the
old machine, it doesn't matter if the new server has a new servicer
pack than the old server before dcpromo.
Do we need to do anything else such as manually add fsmo roles to the
new server?
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