Re: domain upgrade path... need comments please
From: Al Mulnick (amulnick_No_SPAM_at_ncDOTrr.com)
Date: 06/24/04
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:53:41 -0400
Not doing it one shot is great advice. I've told many a client the same
thing in the past ;-)
"MartinHTN" <m@ht.n> wrote in message
news:Olm%23O4hWEHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> We just upgraded our domain to AD 2003 from NT 4.0. I'm glad to say that,
> thus far, we have not had any major problems - only a minor issue with the
> Terminal Services Licensing server needing to get transferred from a
member
> server to a 2003 DC. Just follow the MS recommendations and test well! I
> really don't see any need to set anything up offline. That might actually
> cause more problems. As long as you do your homework and test everything
you
> can possibly think of, I can't imagine you would run into any major
> problems. One thing to note, all Windows 2000 and above clients and member
> servers will need to get rebooted at least once after the upgrade to
> correctly update their computer accounts and register in DNS.
>
> Also, I would definitely not even think about trying to do AD and Exchange
> in one shot. Do AD first, let things stabilize, then do the Exchange
> upgrade. Since you're going to be using new hardware, it will make both
> upgrades a lot smoother and there should be less chances for problems.
>
> Now I'm hoping our Exchange 5.5 to 2003 upgrade will go equally well...
>
> <jjd228@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in message
> news:9fFCc.28558$u83.4131063@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> > current config:
> >
> > NT server domain 100+ users. 1 PDC, 1 BDC, 1 server running exchange 5.5
> >
> > we need to upgrade this to server 2003 AD domain w/ exchange 2003
without
> > missing a beat.
> >
> > the final config will have 2 active directory DC's, and one member
server
> > running exchange.
> >
> > any thoughts on this? if possible we like to NOT run OS installs as
> > upgrades. we are buying new servers and would like to more or less
> configure
> > the new domain and exchange installation off line, away from the current
> > network. with this method, is there a simple way to migrate over all
user
> > accounts and exchange mailboxes? like i said the client cant have more
> than
> > 1 minute downtime... is this even possible? the more comments i can get
on
> > this the better. thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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