Re: Upgrading winnt40 cluster to 2003 cluster on a new computer

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From: Mike Rosado [MSFT] (mikeros_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/04/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:23:53 -0600

Hi Allan,

Would strongly recommend you read the following reference links below:

301538 How to Upgrade a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Cluster to a Windows Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301538

Server Clusters: Rolling Upgrades. Upgrading to Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/rllupnet.mspx 

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Hope this helps,
Mike Rosado
Windows 2000 MCSE + MCDBA
Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support
Windows NT/2000/2003 Cluster Technologies
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-----Original Message-----
"allan" <allan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:769AE6B0-A2FC-4EE1-96B0-CD77D1E20674@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> I have been assigned a project to upgrade a winnt40 cluster to a 2003
> cluster on new hardware. The new cluster is required to have the same ip
> details and computer names as the old NT40 cluster, and it is this area
that
> I have my primary concern. Is it possible to do this? I can supply alot
more
> detail if necessary

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