Re: Server Hardware Upgrade

From: Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP] (les.connor_at_DEL.cfive.ca)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:06:40 -0600

No recommendation to install loopback adapter(s) to hold the nic
configurations ? I find it faster in the long run, and cleaner. 

-- 
Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]
-----------------------------------------------------------
SBS Rocks !
"Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP]" <jeff@cfisolutions.com> wrote in message 
news:%23DQJpDE9EHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Shifting SBS Intact to different Server
>
> Previous Server
>
> 1-Buy a cheap PCI based drive controller, EIDE or SATA would do.
>
> 2-Get a drive with enough capacity for the System Partition to go with it.
> Install the controller in the original box, attach the drive, just as if 
> you
> were making this a secondary drive installation.
>
> 3-Boot the machine in the normal manner, install the drivers for this new
> controller.
>
> 4-Take note of the NIC configuration for the IPCONFIG /ALL output.
>
> 5-Shutdown
>
> 6-Make a drive image from the original System Partition over to the temp
> drive.
>
> 7-Disable the production drives and confirm that you can now boot from 
> this
> new drive and controller. Note, if you have applications or Exchange
> databases on other partitions, they will error out unless you image them
> over too.
>
> 8-If the boot works, you are ready to move THIS drive and controller to 
> the
> new box.
>
>
> New Server (continued from above)
>
> 9-In the new box, install this transfer drive and controller, boot the
> machine from it.
>
> 10-if you succeed in booting it, you are almost done. Simply install
> whatever additional drivers are needed to complete the configuration, and
> reset the NICs as needed. Note, until you get the NICs configured, you 
> will
> see a mess of errors. Don't worry about that, if it's booting, you can fix
> it.
>
> 11-Once you repair the NIC configuration, and after you have installed the
> drivers for your permanent drive controller. Following a successful
> shutdown, now image the drive partitions to the new production drives.
>
> 12-Following a successful startup, you can now image or restore from tape
> any additional partitions you want to move.
>
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: New SATA HDD wont show in My Computer
    ... so won't allow any of my other drives to show (Pioneer DVR a106, ... What drive did you install XP on? ... You said before that you installed a SATA drive into a pre-existing ... So what's the exact configuration now, or will I see that below? ...
    (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt)
  • Trashed W2K Server - Need Advice/Help - Rebuilding
    ... I had some problems with my W2K server and attempted to do a "repair" from ... At one point in the install, ... within the last year or so, added two IDE drives to the system. ... The install application changed this configuration by ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)
  • Re: Dual boot? or not?
    ... "master/slave configuration" really only has to do with the way ... the drives are technically 'hooked' together in the system. ... if you want/need install an os on each hd. ... that would certainly allow you keep certain settings for certain programs. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: SBS2003 Hardware Question
    ... That way you can install the driver using the 3WARE IDE ... configuration, mirror the IDE disk drives to the SATA drives, install the ... SATA drives on the new RAID controller and voila! ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: network interface card nonresposive
    ... | your NICs. ... I DID NOT install nfs server or client, ... Mabey further configuration? ... Once I restart, the interface is up, and has the IP I specified. ...
    (freebsd-questions)