Re: Another question of win2000 DC to win2003

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Meinolf Weber
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Hi,
I was looking for these questions in newsgroup and google but without
success:
I had run DCDiag and NetDiag in my win2000 DC, without errors.
I am ready to make the update. These are my questions:
- Can I run adprep /forestprep /domainprep commands only for error
testing in a production network? These commands modify something in
the Windows 2000 DC that will produce problems?

No, you can not run it for testing, if you run it you can not undo the schema update. Anyway, if dcdiag and netdiag states no errors, you'll be fine. It will no produce problems, never heard about it. Either the Schema update works, or you will get an error mesage duringthe command, that's all.

- If I get errors with these commands, and decide to give up with the
update, can I go on with my win2000 DC without any problems?

If you get errors, you have to check the logfile for details and solve the problem. It will not disturb the running domain environment.

- Can I update my win2000 DC to win2003, without interfere with my
production environment?

It will ofcourse give you some downtime in the upgrade phase. Also check that all installed hardware/software is compatible with 2003 and you have the correct drivers available BEFORE running the update, so that you quickly install them.

Let me explain better: Do I have to make the update at night or I can
do it at working hours? Will the users note anything? I am talking
about all steps (run Adprep, make win2003 member, dcpromo win2003, DNS
install/replication, Transfer 5 FSMO, dcpromo win2000).

Except the inplace upgrade from 2000 to 2003 any other step you listed can be done without problems. Just give time for replicatiopn and also check the event viewer for errors after every step.

AND STILL CREATE A GOOD TESTED BACKUP BEFORE STARTING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks in advance.



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