Re: Changing Hardware
From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 03/30/04
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:27:46 +1000
in doing so, are you wishing to move an SBS 2003 install from one box to the
other?
the 2*80's are blank. right?
All three are IDE's. right?
IF SO:
Convert the 20GB drive to dynamic while it is in system A.
(If you have a spare drive > than 20GB now would be a good time to software
mirror your original 20, as a fallback)
It may be helpful to have the \i386 directory from the SBS CD1 copied to the
OS partition.
Fire up systemB with just the two 80's in it and create your hardware raid1
array. At this point it needs to be blank and I'd create a single raid
volume, 80GB.
Throw the (hopefully mirror) 20GB drive onto the primary (probably non raid)
controller of system B and boot into Directory Services Restore Mode.
Hopefully the system will boot pretty well normally and PnP will start to
detect the changed hardware. NOTE: BE VERY CAREFUL. ENSURE YOU ONLY BOOT
INTO DSRM UNTIL ALL YOUR HARDWARE IS DETECTED AND DRIVERS ARE INSTALLED.
Restart as advised by Windows, but always ensure the system comes up in
DSRM.
Once the system has accomodated the hardware changes, if it does, there's a
strong chance it will. Ensure you have at least a network card with the
original internal IP address of systemA and boot normally. Hopefully you
can.
The raid array should appear as a blank basic disk, convert it to dynamic
and then software mirror your existing partition(s) off the 20G onto the
array. Once they are synchronised you should be able to shutdown, remove the
20G and boot off the array.
You can, if all is well, then either resize the existing partitions or just
use the additional space as a new partition.
If it goes toes up, you fire up the old system in original condition and
come back to discuss the problems.
"Max" <Max@Work> wrote in message
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> HI
> I have 2 servers(Server A and Server B)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- > --------- > Server A > 20GB HD(HD-1) ,Running SBS2000 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > --------- > Server B > 2 80GB HDs(HD-2 and HD-3) ,No OS Installed ,RAID 1 Supported > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > --------- > What I'd like to do is to move all data in Server A to Server B > > I'm wondering if those procedures as shown below work > > 1.Install HD-1 and HD-2 to Server B > 2.Setup RAID support > 3.Move HD-1 back to Server A > 4.Install HD-3 to Server B > > Any idea? > If Those procedures r wrong > What r the right ones? > > Max > >
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