Re: Upgrade SBS 4.5 to 2003 questions
- From: "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 23:14:52 +0200
Hi,
You do have some 14 days for migrating to SBS 2003. Read the MS white paper
for migrating from SBS 4.5 to SBS 2003. You will have to do a lot of work on
the workstations though. Alternative might be www.sbsmigration.com for the
Swing It method from Jeff Middleton.
After migration, you will simply have to flatten the SBS 4.5 server and
reinstall with plain server media. You can't demote it or anything, scratch
reinstall.
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Marina Roos
Microsoft SBS-MVP
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> Hello Peers!
>
> Having finally persuaded a client to upgrade from SBS 4.5 to SBS 2003, I'm
> planning the transition, but I've a couple of questions.
>
> For tape backup, we've been using a SCSI Archive Python 04106 4mm DAT
drive
> on the SBS server. From time to time the unit stops working for no
> discernible reason and produces evidence of thousands of hardware errors
in
> the event log, and the only remedy is to restart the server, after which
> it's fine for a few months. Because of this, my plan is to keep the old
4.5
> server with its tape drive on the network, and on the new server, make
> backups to a share on the old server, then, back on the old server, dump
the
> backup file to tape. This way, if the tape drive gives me grief, I can
> restart the old server without disruption to the network users.
>
> First question: what do I have to do to bring the old SBS 4.5 server with
> minimum changes back onto the network once the new server is fully
> installed? I'd like to have a transition period of two weeks where both
> machines are available in case any data weren't properly transferred to
the
> new server. The old server will have to be persuaded that it's just an
> ordinary NT Server, and not a domain controller or anything else
(obviously,
> DHCP etc will have to be turned off) - not that domain controllers mean
> anything on Server 2003 domains. Can anybody advise?
>
> Second question, when the two weeks is up, I plan to rebuild the old
server
> as an XP Pro client. Using the XP Pro Backup program, I'll perform a
> scheduled task of copying a single (large) file from disk to tape. Can
> anybody tell me if XP Pro will recognise and play nicely with the DAT
drive?
>
> Thanks for any nuggets of wisdom!
>
> Jacques
>
>
.
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