Re: Server Migration Issue
From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 01/20/05
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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:02:07 +1100
I believe it _possible_ that if you put a single channel IDE controller in
there the BIOS would automagically offer it as a choice in the boot menu.
I belive it would _possibly_ be safer to use an IDE RAID controller (not
many dollars more) because it is more likely to present itself as a 'SCSI or
RAID' device.
If the BIOS has options for 'boot this, boot that,,, etc...' and a further
option for 'try other bootable devices' it's worth a go.
If the additional controller doesn't offer itself as a boot option you may
still be able to copy it to the SATA drive(s) and boot into DSRM.
"Manoj K Srivastava" <ManojKSrivastava@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:D8CE9887-1BC9-48CA-8E7C-D74E5E3224EE@microsoft.com...
> Dear SuperGumby,
>
> Thanks for the steps. They make total sense expect one issue related to my
> new server. It actually has an IDE controller which is connected to the
> DVD
> ROM Drive and has one slave port available. But the server BIOS won't
> allow
> me to select the IDE Slave drive as a bootable drive. If I could boot from
> it
> there wouldn't be any issue at all. I can simply use the SATA drive as a
> backup / extra storage drive and keep my SBS 2003 on the existing IDE
> drive.
> The system I have is Dell PowerEdge 700. Dell documentation says that the
> slave IDE port for tape backup and that is why booting from that drive is
> not
> allowed.
>
> I wonder if I put an additional IDE card into the system will the system
> BIOS allow booting from a drive connected to that one. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Manoj
>
> "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> 1st: make an ASR backup or 'image' the server.
>>
>> buy an ide controller and put it in the existing box, load drivers.
>> disconnect the IDE from the mobo controller and plug it into the new
>> card.
>> Make sure the system boots OK.
>>
>> move the new card and drive to your new hardware and start in DSRM a few
>> times.
>>
>> You might also consider temporarily moving your network settings to
>> loopback
>> adapters. Some notes here
>> http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=99
>>
>> Once the system is used to the hardware changes you can transfer the
>> image
>> to the SATA drives either by processes similar to Norton Ghost or by
>> software mirroring.
>>
>>
>> "Manoj K Srivastava" <ManojKSrivastava@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in
>> message news:D5F3D233-DE55-42A3-BA94-1F8E865E9AB9@microsoft.com...
>> > We want to move to a new faster hardware for our small business server
>> > 2003.
>> > The new machine can only accept SATA drives while the current server
>> > software
>> > is installed on a EIDE disk.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to copy our current EIDE disk to the new computer's SATA
>> > disk
>> > such that a new installation and configuration of the new machine can
>> > be
>> > avoided (we can put the same network cards in the new machine as the
>> > old
>> > machine currently has)?
>> >
>> > If the answer to the above is no and we must install SBS 2003 again on
>> > the
>> > new machine then is there a way to tranfer all the user accounts and
>> > computer
>> > settings on to the new computer include domain name etc. such that all
>> > the
>> > workstations don't see any change what so ever?
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot for your help.
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > Manoj
>>
>>
>>
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